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Average valueActive$5,000 Festive Frenzy · $20 · New Jersey Lottery
$5,000 Festive Frenzy: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.06 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $20 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:27 AM
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $20 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:27 AM
$5,000 Festive Frenzy is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.3%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 74.3%. 13 of the original 134 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 91% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
70.3%
expected return
1 in 3.89
odds of any win
13 of 134
$5K top prizes left
91%
claimed · 1.7M of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 40,937 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 259 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.06 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.66 · 68.3% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.40 · 2.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
40,924 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
91% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
1.9M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 91%
161k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
9%
10% of top prizes remain with only 9% 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 $20 NJ peers
#10 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:27 AM.
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