NJ · #1903 · $20

Mega Hot 7's

New Jersey· Launched Jan 2025· 552 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.72

USA percentile

70th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$601,400 tier

% sold-through

58%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~1330d

P10–P90: 931–1862d

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Mega Hot 7's is a $20 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1903). It launched in January 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $601.4 remains unclaimed, with roughly 58% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.72 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.72 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.72 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.33% of $601,400 prizes still unclaimed at 58% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 3.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~1330 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 70th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$601.4K
1/3
33%
$10K
30/67
$2K
210/494
$500
11.8K/28.3K
$200
19.2K/46.0K
$100
115.0K/275.4K
$50
153.6K/365.9K
$40
191.8K/457.3K
$20
310.7K/731.8K

Total unclaimed prize value: $44.12M — 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 · 70th
USA: 70th percentileNJ: 82th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Mar 270%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~03-27

Daily drainage

~3.17% / day

Days left (P50)

1330 days

P10 / P90 range

931–1862 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.72

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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