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Decent valueActiveCash Fever · $10 · New Jersey Lottery
Cash Fever: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.61 on average.
▲ +2.7 pts vs launch#1 of 15 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:27 AM
▲ +2.7 pts vs launch#1 of 15 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:27 AM
Cash Fever is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.1%, up 2.7 percentage points from the launch value of 73.4%. 3 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 43% of the 3.7M printed tickets have been sold.
76.1%
expected return
1 in 3.72
odds of any win
3 of 3
$500K top prizes left
43%
claimed · 1.6M of 3.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 569,187 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,442 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.88 · 68.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.73 · 7.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
569,161 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
43% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
3.7M
tickets printed
1.6M
tickets claimed · 43%
2.1M
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
57%
100% of top prizes remain with only 57% 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 $10 NJ peers
#1 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:27 AM.
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