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Average valueActiveFirst Class Fortunes · $25 · New Jersey Lottery
First Class Fortunes: Average value. A $25 ticket pays back $18.49 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $25 NJ games
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $25 NJ games
First Class Fortunes is a $25 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.0%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 73.4%. 3 of the original 3 $2,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 16% of the 5.6M printed tickets have been sold.
74.0%
expected return
1 in 4.39
odds of any win
3 of 3
$1.2M jackpots left
16%
claimed · 900k of 5.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,060,959 winning tickets still unclaimed.
23 win more than $25
$40 – $400, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $25 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 353 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $18.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $40 – $500
$17.36 · 69.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.37 · 1.5% of price
Jackpots $1.2M+
$0.76 · 3.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.9%
Just 3 tickets out of 4.7M carry the $1.2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$40 – $500 wins
1,060,435 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
16% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
5.6M
tickets printed
900k
tickets claimed · 16%
4.7M
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
84%
100% of top prizes remain with only 84% 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 $25 NJ peers
#1 of 2
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
First Class Fortunes
74.0%
2
Millionaire Maker
69.3%
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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