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Average valueActive$50,000,000 Fast Cash · $20 · New Jersey Lottery
$50,000,000 Fast Cash: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $13.82 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $20 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $20 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
$50,000,000 Fast Cash is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.1%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 3,263 of the original 8,292 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
69.1%
expected return
1 in 9.70
odds of any win
3,263 of 8,292
$500 top prizes left
61%
claimed · 2.4M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 160,579 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $20
$100 or $200 or $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
90 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 477 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $13.82 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $500
$13.82 · 69.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $500 wins
160,579 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
4M
tickets printed
2.4M
tickets claimed · 61%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
39%
Tickets left
39%
39% of top prizes remain with only 39% 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
#9 of 9
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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