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Weak valueActiveCold Cash · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
Cold Cash: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
Cold Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 2.5 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 1 of the original 3 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.64
odds of any win
1 of 3
$10K top prizes left
73%
claimed · 3.5M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 277,681 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 1,284,549 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.27 · 63.6% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.01 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
277,680 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
73% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
4.8M
tickets printed
3.5M
tickets claimed · 73%
1.3M
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
27%
33% of top prizes remain with only 27% 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
#6 of 6
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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