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Average valueActiveJersey Dog · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Jersey Dog: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.55 on average.
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 20 · $5 NJ games
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 20 · $5 NJ games
Jersey Dog is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.0%, up 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 2 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
71.0%
expected return
1 in 4.12
odds of any win
2 of 3
$200K top prizes left
62%
claimed · 3M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 438,926 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 18,430 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.30 · 66.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.25 · 5.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
438,903 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
62% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
4.8M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 62%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
38%
67% of top prizes remain with only 38% 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
#1 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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