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Average valueActiveThe Shore Thing · $10 · New Jersey Lottery
The Shore Thing: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.93 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#10 of 14 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#10 of 14 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
The Shore Thing is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.3%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.5%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 65% of the 3.7M printed tickets have been sold.
69.3%
expected return
1 in 3.96
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
65%
claimed · 2.4M of 3.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 331,365 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
12 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 2,201 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.93 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.53 · 65.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.40 · 4.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
331,356 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
65% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
3.7M
tickets printed
2.4M
tickets claimed · 65%
1.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
35%
33% of top prizes remain with 35% 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
#10 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:26 AM.
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