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Weak valueActiveSapphire 7's · $2 · New Jersey Lottery
Sapphire 7's: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.31 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $2 NJ games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $2 NJ games
Sapphire 7's is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.5%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.5%. 4 of the original 4 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 7% of the 5.1M printed tickets have been sold.
65.5%
expected return
1 in 4.64
odds of any win
4 of 4
$20K top prizes left
7%
claimed · 383k of 5.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,025,186 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 54,693 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.31 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.29 · 64.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.02 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
1,025,176 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
7% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
5.1M
tickets printed
383k
tickets claimed · 7%
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
93%
100% of top prizes remain with only 93% 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 $2 NJ peers
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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