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Decent valueActiveNeon 9's · $10 · New Jersey Lottery
Neon 9's: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.46 on average.
▲ +4.7 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $10 NJ games
▲ +4.7 pts vs launch#2 of 14 · $10 NJ games
Neon 9's is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.6%, up 4.7 percentage points from the launch value of 69.9%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 3.7M printed tickets have been sold.
74.6%
expected return
1 in 4.04
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 3.1M of 3.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 136,028 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,486 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.46 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.49 · 64.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.97 · 9.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
136,020 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
3.7M
tickets printed
3.1M
tickets claimed · 85%
554k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
15%
33% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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 $10 NJ peers
#2 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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