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Average valueActiveSuper Crossword · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Super Crossword: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.52 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#4 of 20 · $5 NJ games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#4 of 20 · $5 NJ games
Super Crossword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.6%. 5 of the original 6 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 20% of the 5.6M printed tickets have been sold.
70.4%
expected return
1 in 4.18
odds of any win
5 of 6
$50K top prizes left
20%
claimed · 1.1M of 5.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,062,857 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$7 – $150, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 68,379 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.52 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $550
$3.44 · 68.7% of price
Mid prizes $8K – $50K
$0.08 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $550 wins
1,062,836 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
20% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
5.6M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 20%
4.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
83%
Tickets left
80%
83% of top prizes remain with only 80% 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 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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