NJ · #1962 · $30

Jersey Riches

New Jersey· Launched Feb 2026· 161 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.78

USA percentile

90th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

3

$1,813,400 tier

% sold-through

35%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~347d

P10–P90: 243–486d

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Jersey Riches is a $30 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1962). It launched in February 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $1.8M remain unclaimed, with roughly 35% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.78 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.78 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.78 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $1.8M prizes still unclaimed at 35% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 18.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~347 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 90th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$1.8M
3/3
100%
$20K
6/9
$5K
74/114
$2K
180/280
$500
26.8K/41.4K
$200
109.3K/168.9K
$100
237.6K/366.3K
$60
53.5K/82.4K
$50
373.2K/576.3K
$30
427.6K/658.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $100.04M — 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 · 90th
USA: 90th percentileNJ: 98th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19Jun 26Jul 16Jul 23Jul 30Jul 180%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~07-18

Daily drainage

~18.67% / day

Days left (P50)

347 days

P10 / P90 range

243–486 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.78

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +2%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

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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