NJ · #1937 · $1

Pocket Change

New Jersey· Launched Jun 2025· 438 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.58

USA percentile

14th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

16

$500 tier

% sold-through

85%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~2942d

P10–P90: 2059–4119d

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Pocket Change is a $1 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1937). It launched in June 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 16 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, with roughly 85% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.58 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.58 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.58 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.11% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at 85% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~2942 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 14th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$500
16/143
11%
$100
198/1.8K
$40
1.1K/10.7K
$20
4.9K/42.9K
$10
10.3K/85.8K
$5
28.0K/214.6K
$2
75.4K/514.9K
$1
166.0K/1.1M

Total unclaimed prize value: $731,237 — 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 · 14th
USA: 14th percentileNJ: 9th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 17Jun 26Jul 18Jul 26Aug 3Aug 13Aug 22Sep 200%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~09-20

Daily drainage

~0.50% / day

Days left (P50)

2942 days

P10 / P90 range

2059–4119 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.58

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -21%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 21% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

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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