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Weak valueActiveBig Money Spectacular · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
Big Money Spectacular: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 6:26 AM
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 6:26 AM
Big Money Spectacular is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 3 of the original 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 12.9M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.76
odds of any win
3 of 5
$30K top prizes left
68%
claimed · 8.8M of 12.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 856,852 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 43,387 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.25 · 62.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.03 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
856,833 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
12.9M
tickets printed
8.8M
tickets claimed · 68%
4.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
32%
60% of top prizes remain with only 32% 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 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 6:26 AM.
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