NJ · #1939 · $20

Quarter Million Ca$h

New Jersey· Launched Aug 2025· 368 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.72

USA percentile

72th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

6

$250,000 tier

% sold-through

43%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~692d

P10–P90: 484–969d

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Quarter Million Ca$h is a $20 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1939). It launched in August 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 6 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, with roughly 43% 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. 1.67% of $250,000 prizes still unclaimed at 43% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 8.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~692 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 72nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$250K
6/9
67%
$5K
28/48
$2K
218/370
$500
17.4K/30.8K
$200
42.3K/75.1K
$100
145.6K/258.7K
$50
238.3K/422.0K
$30
209.3K/369.6K
$20
418.6K/738.8K

Total unclaimed prize value: $60.36M — 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 · 72th
USA: 72th percentileNJ: 86th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 17Jun 26Jul 18Jul 26Aug 3Aug 13Aug 22Jul 230%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~07-23

Daily drainage

~8.17% / day

Days left (P50)

692 days

P10 / P90 range

484–969 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.72

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +4%

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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