NJ · #1925 · $5

Wild Side

New Jersey· Launched Jul 2025· 370 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.66

USA percentile

45th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$200,000 tier

% sold-through

51%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~1713d

P10–P90: 1199–2398d

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Wild Side is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1925). It launched in July 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $200 remains unclaimed, with roughly 51% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.66 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.66 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.66 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.33% of $200,000 prizes still unclaimed at 51% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 2.83% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~1713 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 45th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$200K
1/3
33%
$5K
10/24
$2K
10/24
$500
254/546
$200
469/981
$75
3.8K/7.9K
$50
18.3K/38.0K
$25
47.8K/98.8K
$20
75.4K/158.0K
$15
56.8K/118.5K
$10
133.0K/276.5K
$5
195.3K/395.1K

Total unclaimed prize value: $7.55M — 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/$
YOU · 45th
USA: 45th percentileNJ: 46th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Apr 140%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~04-14

Daily drainage

~2.83% / day

Days left (P50)

1713 days

P10 / P90 range

1199–2398 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.66

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -10%

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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