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Weak valueActiveLOTERIA · $3 · New Jersey Lottery
LOTERIA: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.88 on average.
▼ -2.3 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
▼ -2.3 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
LOTERIA is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.7%, down 2.3 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 4 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 5.7M printed tickets have been sold.
62.7%
expected return
1 in 4.10
odds of any win
1 of 4
$30K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 4.5M of 5.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 289,982 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $150, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,387 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.88 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.85 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $30K
$0.03 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
289,981 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
5.7M
tickets printed
4.5M
tickets claimed · 79%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
21%
25% of top prizes remain with only 21% 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 $3 NJ peers
#2 of 4
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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