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Weak valueActiveCold Cash · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
Cold Cash: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.27 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#5 of 7 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:25 AM
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#5 of 7 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:25 AM
Cold Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.5%, down 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 1 of the original 3 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
63.5%
expected return
1 in 4.64
odds of any win
1 of 3
$10K top prizes left
76%
claimed · 3.6M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 253,279 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$5 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,171,324 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.26 · 63.1% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.01 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
253,278 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
4.8M
tickets printed
3.6M
tickets claimed · 76%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
24%
33% of top prizes remain with only 24% 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 $2 NJ peers
#5 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:25 AM.
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