NJ · #1897 · $5

Fat Wallet

New Jersey· Launched Dec 2024· 590 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.55

USA percentile

8th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

0

$200,000 tier

% sold-through

93%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~4206d

P10–P90: 2944–5888d

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Fat Wallet is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1897). It launched in December 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $200 remain unclaimed, with roughly 93% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.55 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.55 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.55 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Current daily drainage rate is 0.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~4206 days at this pace.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 8th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$200K
0/4
0%
$500
470/9.0K
$200
51/1.1K
$100
721/13.5K
$50
679/11.3K
$40
679/13.5K
$25
2.1K/36.1K
$20
5.3K/90.2K
$10
29.6K/451.2K
$5
42.3K/541.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.04M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active NJ games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NJ median0.66 EV/$
YOU · 8th
USA: 8th percentileNJ: 4th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19Jun 26Jul 16Jul 23Jul 30Feb 90%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~02-09

Daily drainage

~0.17% / day

Days left (P50)

4206 days

P10 / P90 range

2944–5888 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.55

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +25%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 25% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

Price vs EV — NJ field

134 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.250.500.98YOU

No other active NJ games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

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