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Average valueActiveYear Of The Horse · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Year Of The Horse: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.45 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $5 NJ games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $5 NJ games
Year Of The Horse is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 63% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
69.0%
expected return
1 in 4.10
odds of any win
1 of 3
$200K top prizes left
63%
claimed · 3M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 425,418 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
7 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 8,695 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.30 · 65.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $200K
$0.15 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
425,394 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
63% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
4.8M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 63%
1.7M
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
37%
33% of top prizes remain with 37% 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
#9 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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