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Weak valueActiveBig Money Spectacular · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
Big Money Spectacular: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.22 on average.
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $2 NJ games
▼ -5.0 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $2 NJ games
Big Money Spectacular is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.0%. 2 of the original 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 12.9M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 4.76
odds of any win
2 of 5
$30K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 10.9M of 12.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 417,510 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 48,465 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.22 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.18 · 59.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.04 · 1.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
417,498 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% 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, Jan 2026.
12.9M
tickets printed
10.9M
tickets claimed · 85%
2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
15%
40% 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
#8 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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