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Average valueActivePoker Nights · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Poker Nights: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.54 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 20 · $5 NJ games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 20 · $5 NJ games
Poker Nights is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.8%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.6%. 3 of the original 4 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
70.8%
expected return
1 in 4.30
odds of any win
3 of 4
$150K top prizes left
35%
claimed · 1.7M of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 740,346 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,272 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.37 · 67.5% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $150K
$0.17 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
740,311 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 35%
3.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
65%
75% of top prizes remain with only 65% 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 $5 NJ peers
#3 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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