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Average valueActiveCash Lines · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Cash Lines: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.40 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#13 of 19 · $5 NJ games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#13 of 19 · $5 NJ games
Cash Lines is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.4%. 2,570 of the original 5,683 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 54% of the 4.6M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 7.30
odds of any win
2,570 of 5,683
$500 top prizes left
54%
claimed · 2.5M of 4.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 283,793 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $150, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
86 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 807 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.40 · 68.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
283,793 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
54% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
4.6M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 54%
2.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
45%
Tickets left
46%
45% of top prizes remain with 46% 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
#13 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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