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Average valueActiveMega Hot 7's · $20 · New Jersey Lottery
Mega Hot 7's: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.32 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $20 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:25 AM
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $20 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:25 AM
Mega Hot 7's is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.6%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 72.2%. 1 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 7.3M printed tickets have been sold.
71.6%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
1 of 3
$601K top prizes left
58%
claimed · 4.2M of 7.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 804,115 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 255 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.32 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.89 · 69.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $601K
$0.43 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
803,869 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
58% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
7.3M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 58%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
42%
33% of top prizes remain with 42% 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 $20 NJ peers
#6 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:25 AM.
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