NJ · #1937 · $1

Pocket Change

New Jersey· Launched Jun 2025· 404 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.58

USA percentile

14th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

17

$500 tier

% sold-through

85%

2026-07-28

Forecast sellout

~2232d

P10–P90: 1562–3125d

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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, 17 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. 1.12% of $500 prizes still unclaimed at 85% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~2232 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
17/143
12%
$100
199/1.8K
$40
1.2K/10.7K
$20
5.0K/42.9K
$10
10.4K/85.8K
$5
28.3K/214.6K
$2
76.3K/514.9K
$1
167.9K/1.1M

Total unclaimed prize value: $740,165 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,986 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
May 29Jun 4Jun 10Jun 16Jun 22Jun 28Jul 17Jul 23Sep 60%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~09-06

Daily drainage

~0.67% / day

Days left (P50)

2232 days

P10 / P90 range

1562–3125 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.58

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -12%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NJ field

131 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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