NJ · #1985 · $25

First Class Fortunes

New Jersey· Launched Jun 2026· 62 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.74

USA percentile

77th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

3

$1,184,300 tier

% sold-through

15%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~512d

P10–P90: 358–717d

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First Class Fortunes is a $25 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1985). It launched in June 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $1.2M remain unclaimed, with roughly 15% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.74 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.74 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.74 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $1.2M prizes still unclaimed at 15% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 16.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~512 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 77th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

13 tiers · % remaining
$1.2M
3/3
100%
$50K
5/6
$10K
20/24
$5K
86/99
$2K
403/466
$500
12.9K/15.1K
$400
15.8K/18.5K
$250
29.7K/34.7K
$200
47.4K/55.5K
$100
144.9K/169.6K
$75
59.4K/69.5K
$50
296.3K/347.2K
$40
474.0K/555.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $87.63M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 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 · 77th
USA: 77th percentileNJ: 91th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jul 16Jul 21Jul 27Aug 2Aug 7Aug 14Aug 20Aug 26Jan 250%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~01-25

Daily drainage

~16.67% / day

Days left (P50)

512 days

P10 / P90 range

358–717 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.74

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · 0%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NJ field

137 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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