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Average valueActiveRuby 7's · $10 · New Jersey Lottery
Ruby 7's: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.28 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $10 NJ games
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#3 of 14 · $10 NJ games
Ruby 7's is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.8%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 72.7%. 2 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 39% of the 4.3M printed tickets have been sold.
72.8%
expected return
1 in 4.04
odds of any win
2 of 3
$500K top prizes left
39%
claimed · 1.7M of 4.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 646,043 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,590 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.86 · 68.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.42 · 4.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
646,019 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
39% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
4.3M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 39%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
61%
67% of top prizes remain with only 61% 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
#3 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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