New Jersey· Launched Nov 2025· 334 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.68
USA percentile
56th
of 2,159 games
Top prizes left
1
$1,769,800 tier
% sold-through
71%
2026-10-26
Forecast sellout
~182d
P10–P90: 127–255d
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Win For Life! is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey lottery (game #1948). It launched in November 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $1.8M remains unclaimed, with roughly 71% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey lottery. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 13 of 42 $5 games on sale in New Jersey.
THE THESIS
At 0.68 EV/$, this game ranks 13 of 42 same-price games on sale in New Jersey (median 0.66).
Total unclaimed prize value: $12.68M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
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.
Daily drainage
~15.67% / day
Days left (P50)
182 days
P10 / P90 range
127–255 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.68
Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
No other active NJ games currently clear break-even.
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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
As of October 26, 2026, 1 of the 3 $1,769,800 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 850,840 of 2,982,175 prizes (29%) remain; the thinnest level is $500, with 26% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.42 on average (0.68 per dollar), which ranks 13 of 42 $5 games on sale in New Jersey, above the $5 median of 0.66. Among every New Jersey game with a computable value it is 60 of 142; nationally it sits in the 56th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 137,498 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 182 days (likely range 127–255).
New Jersey also sells another issue of Win For Life!: game #1867 ($3). Each issue has its own print run and prize pool, so their odds and remaining prizes differ.
Figures come from the prize data the New Jersey lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 26, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN NJ
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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