NJ · #1985 · $25

First Class Fortunes

New Jersey· Launched Jun 2026· 21 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.74

USA percentile

77th

of 1,955 games

Top prizes left

3

$1,184,300 tier

% sold-through

7%

2026-07-21

Forecast sellout

~334d

P10–P90: 234–468d

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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 7% 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 7% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 28.00% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~334 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
22/24
$5K
97/99
$2K
439/466
$500
14.1K/15.1K
$400
17.3K/18.5K
$250
32.5K/34.7K
$200
51.9K/55.5K
$100
158.6K/169.6K
$75
65.0K/69.5K
$50
324.5K/347.2K
$40
519.0K/555.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $95.59M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,955 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 13Jul 14Jul 15Jul 16Jul 17Jul 18Jul 19Jul 20Jun 200%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~06-20

Daily drainage

~28.00% / day

Days left (P50)

334 days

P10 / P90 range

234–468 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.74

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +564%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 564% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

Price vs EV — NJ field

130 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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