NJ · #1909 · $2

Lucky 13

New Jersey· Launched Mar 2025· 501 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.62

USA percentile

27th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$10,000 tier

% sold-through

87%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~4032d

P10–P90: 2822–5645d

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Lucky 13 is a $2 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1909). It launched in March 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $10 remains unclaimed, with roughly 87% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.62 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.62 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.62 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.25% of $10,000 prizes still unclaimed at 87% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.33% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~4032 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 27th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$10K
1/4
25%
$500
8/82
$100
130/1.2K
$50
360/3.3K
$30
654/5.7K
$20
5.7K/49.4K
$15
2.8K/24.7K
$10
23.6K/197.8K
$5
48.5K/362.3K
$2
62.5K/428.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $823,012 — 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 · 27th
USA: 27th percentileNJ: 26th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Aug 190%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~08-19

Daily drainage

~0.33% / day

Days left (P50)

4032 days

P10 / P90 range

2822–5645 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.62

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -1%

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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