NJ · #1948 · $5

Win For Life!

New Jersey· Launched Nov 2025· 244 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.72

USA percentile

72th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

2

$1,769,800 tier

% sold-through

57%

2026-07-28

Forecast sellout

~227d

P10–P90: 159–318d

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Win For Life! is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1948). It launched in November 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $1.8M remain unclaimed, with roughly 57% 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 $1.8M prizes still unclaimed at 57% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 19.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~227 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

10 tiers · % remaining
$1.8M
2/3
67%
$10K
15/30
$2K
51/105
$500
1.6K/3.8K
$100
10.3K/24.9K
$40
36.5K/87.6K
$25
91.3K/216.3K
$20
184.1K/432.6K
$10
491.4K/1.1M
$5
480.3K/1.1M

Total unclaimed prize value: $20.34M — 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 · 72th
USA: 72th percentileNJ: 85th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 3Jun 9Jun 15Jun 21Jun 27Jul 16Jul 22Mar 120%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~03-12

Daily drainage

~19.17% / day

Days left (P50)

227 days

P10 / P90 range

159–318 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.72

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +3%

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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