NJ · #1950 · $5

Year Of The Horse

New Jersey· Launched Dec 2025· 217 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

58th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$200,000 tier

% sold-through

60%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~467d

P10–P90: 327–654d

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Year Of The Horse is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1950). It launched in December 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $200 remains unclaimed, with roughly 60% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 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 60% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 8.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~467 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 58th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

9 tiers · % remaining
$200K
1/3
33%
$5K
8/18
$2K
14/39
$500
188/508
$100
3.9K/10.2K
$50
14.9K/38.8K
$20
123.8K/317.5K
$10
188.6K/476.2K
$5
129.1K/317.5K

Total unclaimed prize value: $6.50M — 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 · 58th
USA: 58th percentileNJ: 60th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29Nov 150%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~11-15

Daily drainage

~8.50% / day

Days left (P50)

467 days

P10 / P90 range

327–654 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.69

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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