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Average valueActiveMillionaire Maker · $25 · New Jersey Lottery
Millionaire Maker: Average value. A $25 ticket pays back $17.29 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 1 · $25 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:25 AM
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 1 · $25 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:25 AM
Millionaire Maker is a $25 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.2%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.4%. 1 of the original 3 $2,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 5.6M printed tickets have been sold.
69.2%
expected return
1 in 5.34
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1.2M jackpots left
61%
claimed · 3.4M of 5.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 410,802 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $25
$40 – $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $25 prize, so you break even
82 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 194 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $17.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $40 – $500
$16.38 · 65.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.36 · 1.4% of price
Jackpots $1.2M+
$0.55 · 2.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.2M carry the $1.2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$40 – $500 wins
410,587 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2024.
5.6M
tickets printed
3.4M
tickets claimed · 61%
2.2M
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
39%
33% of top prizes remain with 39% 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 $25 NJ peers
Only $25 game tracked in New Jersey
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
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Millionaire Maker
69.2%
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:25 AM.
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