$500 Cash Craze New Jersey scratch-off #1963
$0.70 / $1$5 ticketTop prize $200,000
Return per $1 now
$0.70
Based on published ticket counts
Return per ticket now
$3.52
vs $5 cost
Return at launch
$3.55
per ticket, as originally printed
Overall odds
—
any prize, at launch
Odds of a net win
1 in 8.35
win more than the $5 ticket
Est. tickets remaining
2,527,151
of ~5,436,900 printed
Prizes remaining
46.5%
$8,906,120 in unclaimed prizes
Prize tiers live
10/10
tiers with ≥1 prize left
Top prizes left
2
$200,000 prizes unclaimed
Prize table
| Prize | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % Left | Launch Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | — |
| $500 | 9,231 | 5,037 | 4,194 | 45.4% | — |
| $200 | 1,092 | 605 | 487 | 44.6% | — |
| $100 | 16,494 | 8,992 | 7,502 | 45.5% | — |
| $50 | 30,026 | 16,348 | 13,678 | 45.6% | — |
| $40 | 14,383 | 7,838 | 6,545 | 45.5% | — |
| $25 | 36,236 | 19,712 | 16,524 | 45.6% | — |
| $20 | 90,615 | 49,070 | 41,545 | 45.8% | — |
| $10 | 453,075 | 243,616 | 209,459 | 46.2% | — |
| $5 | 543,690 | 288,244 | 255,446 | 47.0% | — |
How this return was calculated
We sum the value of all unclaimed prizes ($8,906,120) and divide by the estimated number of unsold tickets (2,527,151), assuming winning and losing tickets sell at the same rate. That gives an expected return of $3.52 per $5 ticket — $0.70 back per $1 played, or an expected loss of $1.48 per ticket.
Ticket counts come from the New Jersey Lottery published print run (~5,436,900 tickets).
Data source
- Source: New Jersey Lottery (official)
- Last collected by us: Aug 2, 2026
Prize data may be delayed or incomplete; prizes may be claimed between state updates. This page is informational, not gambling advice.
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