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Decent valueActiveBlack Opal 7's · $20 · New Jersey Lottery
Black Opal 7's: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.14 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $20 NJ games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $20 NJ games
Black Opal 7's is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.7%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 75.7%. 3 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 3% of the 7.3M printed tickets have been sold.
75.7%
expected return
1 in 3.97
odds of any win
3 of 3
$594K top prizes left
3%
claimed · 232k of 7.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,780,617 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 236 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.14 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.66 · 73.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $594K
$0.48 · 2.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
1,780,062 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
3% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
7.3M
tickets printed
232k
tickets claimed · 3%
7.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
97%
100% of top prizes remain with only 97% 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 $20 NJ peers
#4 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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