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Average valueActiveFirst Class Fortunes · $25 · New Jersey Lottery
First Class Fortunes: Average value. A $25 ticket pays back $18.43 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $25 NJ gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 6:28 AM
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $25 NJ gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 6:28 AM
First Class Fortunes is a $25 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.7%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 73.4%. 3 of the original 3 $2,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 8% of the 5.6M printed tickets have been sold.
73.7%
expected return
1 in 4.39
odds of any win
3 of 3
$1.2M jackpots left
8%
claimed · 461k of 5.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,161,132 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 $18.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $40 – $500
$17.36 · 69.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.37 · 1.5% of price
Jackpots $1.2M+
$0.70 · 2.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.9%
Just 3 tickets out of 5.1M 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
1,160,549 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
8% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
5.6M
tickets printed
461k
tickets claimed · 8%
5.1M
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
92%
100% of top prizes remain with only 92% 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
73.7%
2
Millionaire Maker
69.2%
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 6:28 AM.
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