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Average valueActiveQuarter Million Ca$h · $20 · New Jersey Lottery
Quarter Million Ca$h: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.47 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $20 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $20 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
Quarter Million Ca$h is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.4%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 72.0%. 7 of the original 9 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 7.4M printed tickets have been sold.
72.4%
expected return
1 in 3.90
odds of any win
7 of 9
$250K top prizes left
37%
claimed · 2.8M of 7.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,185,314 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $20
$30 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 237 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.47 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.95 · 69.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $250K
$0.52 · 2.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
1,185,036 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
37% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
7.4M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 37%
4.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
78%
Tickets left
63%
78% of top prizes remain with only 63% 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 $20 NJ peers
#4 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM.
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