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Decent valueActiveJersey Riches · $30 · New Jersey Lottery
Jersey Riches: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.40 on average.
▲ +1.5 pts vs launch#2 of 6 · $30 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
▲ +1.5 pts vs launch#2 of 6 · $30 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
Jersey Riches is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.0%, up 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 76.5%. 3 of the original 3 $3,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 6.6M printed tickets have been sold.
78.0%
expected return
1 in 3.48
odds of any win
3 of 3
$1.8M jackpots left
35%
claimed · 2.3M of 6.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,239,088 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $30
$50 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 157 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$21.93 · 73.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $20K
$0.21 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $1.8M+
$1.26 · 4.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.8%
Just 3 tickets out of 4.3M carry the $1.8M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
1,238,807 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
6.6M
tickets printed
2.3M
tickets claimed · 35%
4.3M
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
65%
100% of top prizes remain with only 65% 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 $30 NJ peers
#2 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM.
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