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Weak valueActiveJersey Pop · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Jersey Pop: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.31 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#13 of 17 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#13 of 17 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
Jersey Pop is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.2%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.2%. 1 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
66.2%
expected return
1 in 4.39
odds of any win
1 of 3
$200K top prizes left
76%
claimed · 3.6M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 266,661 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 10,594 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.31 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.07 · 61.5% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $200K
$0.24 · 4.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
266,629 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% 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, Mar 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 $5 NJ peers
#13 of 17
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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