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Average valueActivePoker Nights · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Poker Nights: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.53 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#4 of 19 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:27 AM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#4 of 19 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:27 AM
Poker Nights is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.6%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.6%. 4 of the original 4 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
70.6%
expected return
1 in 4.30
odds of any win
4 of 4
$150K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 106k of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,109,579 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 5,250 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.38 · 67.7% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $150K
$0.15 · 2.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,109,535 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
106k
tickets claimed · 2%
4.8M
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
98%
100% of top prizes remain with only 98% 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
#4 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:27 AM.
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