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Poor valueActiveAmerica's 250th Anniversary · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
America's 250th Anniversary: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.19 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $2 NJ games
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $2 NJ games
America's 250th Anniversary is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.5%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 1 of the original 6 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
59.5%
expected return
1 in 4.48
odds of any win
1 of 6
$10K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 4.2M of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 156,724 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 352,809 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.19 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $250
$1.17 · 58.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.02 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $250 wins
156,722 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 85%
706k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
15%
17% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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
#9 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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