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Average valueActive$500,000 Gold Payout · $10 · New Jersey Lottery
$500,000 Gold Payout: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.93 on average.
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#9 of 15 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:25 AM
▼ -1.1 pts vs launch#9 of 15 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:25 AM
$500,000 Gold Payout is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.3%, down 1.1 percentage points from the launch value of 70.4%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 8.6M printed tickets have been sold.
69.3%
expected return
1 in 3.97
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
62%
claimed · 5.3M of 8.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 825,121 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
12 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 1,071 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.93 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.77 · 67.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.16 · 1.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
825,112 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
62% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2024.
8.6M
tickets printed
5.3M
tickets claimed · 62%
3.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
38%
33% of top prizes remain with 38% 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
#9 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:25 AM.
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