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Weak valueActiveMoney Mania · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
Money Mania: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.30 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $2 NJ games
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $2 NJ games
Money Mania is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 2 of the original 3 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 59% of the 4.7M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 4.41
odds of any win
2 of 3
$10K top prizes left
59%
claimed · 2.8M of 4.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 431,200 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $2
$5 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 54,400 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.29 · 64.5% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.01 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
431,198 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
59% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
4.7M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 59%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
41%
67% of top prizes remain with only 41% 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 $2 NJ peers
#3 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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