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Weak valueActiveCash 4-Ever · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Cash 4-Ever: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.37 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#11 of 17 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#11 of 17 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
Cash 4-Ever is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.4%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 66.8%. 2 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 56% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
67.4%
expected return
1 in 4.41
odds of any win
2 of 3
$200K top prizes left
56%
claimed · 2.7M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 478,922 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,429 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.15 · 63.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.22 · 4.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
478,899 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
56% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
4.8M
tickets printed
2.7M
tickets claimed · 56%
2.1M
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
44%
67% of top prizes remain with only 44% 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 $5 NJ peers
#11 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM.
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