NJ · #1901 · $5

Sizzling Hot 7's

New Jersey· Launched Jan 2025· 578 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.63

USA percentile

33th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

0

$200,000 tier

% sold-through

76%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~14610d

P10–P90: 10227–20454d

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Sizzling Hot 7's is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1901). It launched in January 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $200 remain unclaimed, with roughly 76% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.63 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.63 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.63 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Current daily drainage rate is 0.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~14610 days at this pace.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 33rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Read the full case ↓

Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$200K
0/4
0%
$2K
5/25
$500
240/1.0K
$250
306/1.3K
$150
750/3.3K
$100
3.0K/13.0K
$50
12.8K/55.6K
$20
72.9K/309.0K
$10
137.2K/565.8K
$5
129.5K/514.9K

Total unclaimed prize value: $4.73M — 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 · 33th
USA: 33th percentileNJ: 29th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 17Jun 26Jul 18Jul 26Aug 3Aug 13Aug 22Aug 310%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~08-31

Daily drainage

~0.17% / day

Days left (P50)

14610 days

P10 / P90 range

10227–20454 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.63

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -6%

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.

SIMILAR PLAYS IN NJ

If you like this game, look at these

Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal

Know when this one turns

We alert you the day a NJ game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.

A weekly digest and break-even alerts for your states. We'll email you a confirmation link first. Unsubscribe in one click, any time. What you'll get