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Weak valueActiveAmerica's 250th Anniversary · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
America's 250th Anniversary: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.23 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#7 of 7 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 6:27 AM
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#7 of 7 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 6:27 AM
America's 250th Anniversary is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.5%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 1 of the original 6 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
61.5%
expected return
1 in 4.48
odds of any win
1 of 6
$10K top prizes left
81%
claimed · 3.9M of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 203,932 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $250, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 152,852 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.23 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $250
$1.21 · 60.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.02 · 1.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $250 wins
203,926 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
3.9M
tickets claimed · 81%
917k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
19%
17% of top prizes remain with 19% 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 $2 NJ peers
#7 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Money Mania
66.0%
2
Birthday Surprise
65.0%
3
It Takes 2
65.0%
4
Big Money Spectacular
64.0%
5
Cold Cash
63.5%
6
10X
63.0%
7
America's 250th Anniversary
61.5%
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 6:27 AM.
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