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Average valueActiveChocolate Cash · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Chocolate Cash: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.48 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:26 PM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:26 PM
Chocolate Cash is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 2 of the original 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 42% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
69.6%
expected return
1 in 4.46
odds of any win
2 of 4
$100K top prizes left
42%
claimed · 2.1M of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 648,520 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,796 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.48 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.32 · 66.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.16 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
648,434 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
42% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 42%
2.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
58%
50% of top prizes remain with 58% 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
#7 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:26 PM.
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