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Weak valueActiveAmerica's 250th Anniversary · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
America's 250th Anniversary: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.30 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:27 AM
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#4 of 6 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:27 AM
America's 250th Anniversary is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 4 of the original 6 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 65% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 4.48
odds of any win
4 of 6
$10K top prizes left
65%
claimed · 3.1M of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 383,569 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 143,490 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $250
$1.27 · 63.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.03 · 1.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $250 wins
383,557 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
65% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
3.1M
tickets claimed · 65%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
35%
67% of top prizes remain with only 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 $2 NJ peers
#4 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Birthday Surprise
65.5%
2
Big Money Spectacular
65.5%
3
10X
65.0%
4
America's 250th Anniversary
65.0%
5
It Takes 2
65.0%
6
Cold Cash
64.0%
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:27 AM.
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