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Weak valueActive$500,000 Lion's Share · $10 · New Jersey Lottery
$500,000 Lion's Share: Weak value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.56 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
$500,000 Lion's Share is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 65% of the 3.7M printed tickets have been sold.
65.6%
expected return
1 in 6.93
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
65%
claimed · 2.4M of 3.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 187,017 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
86 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,115 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.56 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$6.13 · 61.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.43 · 4.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
187,000 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
65% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
3.7M
tickets printed
2.4M
tickets claimed · 65%
1.3M
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
35%
33% of top prizes remain with 35% 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
#14 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM.
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