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Weak valueActiveMoney Mania · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
Money Mania: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.32 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 6:28 AM
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $2 NJ gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 6:28 AM
Money Mania is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.0%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 3 of the original 3 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 27% of the 4.7M printed tickets have been sold.
66.0%
expected return
1 in 4.41
odds of any win
3 of 3
$10K top prizes left
27%
claimed · 1.2M of 4.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 780,685 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 54,686 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.32 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.31 · 65.6% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.01 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
780,682 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
27% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
4.7M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 27%
3.4M
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
73%
100% of top prizes remain with only 73% 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
#1 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 6:28 AM.
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