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Average valueActive$5,000,000 Fortune · $30 · New Jersey Lottery
$5,000,000 Fortune: Average value. A $30 ticket pays back $21.80 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#5 of 6 · $30 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#5 of 6 · $30 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
$5,000,000 Fortune is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.7%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 72.4%. 1 of the original 3 $5,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 7.0M printed tickets have been sold.
72.7%
expected return
1 in 3.96
odds of any win
1 of 3
$3.1M jackpots left
70%
claimed · 4.9M of 7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 532,349 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $30
$50 or $100 or $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 118 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $21.80 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$20.22 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $10K
$0.10 · 0.3% of price
Jackpots $3.1M+
$1.48 · 4.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.7%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.1M carry the $3.1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
532,293 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
7M
tickets printed
4.9M
tickets claimed · 70%
2.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
30%
33% of top prizes remain with only 30% 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 $30 NJ peers
#5 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM.
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