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Weak valueActiveWild Side · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Wild Side: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.28 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#14 of 17 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#14 of 17 · $5 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 18, 2026, 12:26 AM
Wild Side is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.6%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 67.0%. 1 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 4.7M printed tickets have been sold.
65.6%
expected return
1 in 4.33
odds of any win
1 of 3
$200K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 2.4M of 4.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 548,142 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,394 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.16 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.12 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
548,118 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
4.7M
tickets printed
2.4M
tickets claimed · 50%
2.4M
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
50%
33% of top prizes remain with 50% 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
#14 of 17
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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