NJ · #1927 · $10

Neon 9's

New Jersey· Launched Jul 2025· 396 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.74

USA percentile

80th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

1

$500,000 tier

% sold-through

84%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~237d

P10–P90: 166–332d

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Neon 9's is a $10 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1927). It launched in July 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $500 remains unclaimed, with roughly 84% 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. 1.33% of $500,000 prizes still unclaimed at 84% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 6.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~237 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 80th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$500K
1/3
33%
$10K
3/9
$2K
4/30
$500
99/623
$200
161/1.1K
$100
6.6K/41.7K
$50
11.7K/69.8K
$40
28.5K/185.1K
$20
38.4K/246.9K
$10
59.3K/370.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $4.36M — 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 · 80th
USA: 80th percentileNJ: 91th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 17Jun 26Jul 18Jul 26Aug 3Aug 13Aug 22Apr 250%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~04-25

Daily drainage

~6.67% / day

Days left (P50)

237 days

P10 / P90 range

166–332 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.74

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +3%

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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