NJ · #1916 · $5

Wild Card Poker

New Jersey· Launched May 2025· 433 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.60

USA percentile

19th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

0

$150,000 tier

% sold-through

96%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~2520d

P10–P90: 1764–3528d

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

Wild Card Poker is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1916). It launched in May 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $150 remain unclaimed, with roughly 96% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.60 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.60 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.60 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 ~2520 days at this pace.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 19th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$150K
0/4
0%
$2.5K
2/48
$500
35/1.0K
$200
54/2.0K
$100
697/20.5K
$50
2.2K/56.8K
$20
10.5K/296.1K
$10
19.9K/493.5K
$5
23.9K/493.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $742,830 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 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 · 19th
USA: 19th percentileNJ: 14th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Jun 290%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~06-29

Daily drainage

~0.17% / day

Days left (P50)

2520 days

P10 / P90 range

1764–3528 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.60

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -1%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NJ field

134 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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