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Average valueActive$1,000,000 Spectacular · $10 · New Jersey Lottery
$1,000,000 Spectacular: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.11 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 14 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 6:26 AM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 14 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 6:26 AM
$1,000,000 Spectacular is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.1%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.9%. 2 of the original 4 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 9.8M printed tickets have been sold.
71.1%
expected return
1 in 3.89
odds of any win
2 of 4
$595K top prizes left
60%
claimed · 5.9M of 9.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 993,189 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 902 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.11 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.68 · 66.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $595K
$0.43 · 4.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
992,969 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
9.8M
tickets printed
5.9M
tickets claimed · 60%
3.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
40%
50% of top prizes remain with only 40% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
New Jersey Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 NJ peers
#7 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 6:26 AM.
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