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$500 Cash Craze New Jersey scratch-off #1963
$0.69 / $1$5 ticketTop prize $200,000
Return per $1 now
$0.69
Based on published ticket counts
Return per ticket now
$3.45
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
1,775,515
of ~5,436,900 printed
Prizes remaining
32.7%
$6,126,060 in unclaimed prizes
Prize tiers live
10/10
tiers with ≥1 prize left
Top prizes left
1
$200,000 prizes unclaimed
Prize table
| Prize | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % Left | Launch Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25.0% | — |
| $500 | 9,231 | 6,329 | 2,902 | 31.4% | — |
| $200 | 1,092 | 754 | 338 | 31.0% | — |
| $100 | 16,494 | 11,307 | 5,187 | 31.4% | — |
| $50 | 30,026 | 20,565 | 9,461 | 31.5% | — |
| $40 | 14,383 | 9,868 | 4,515 | 31.4% | — |
| $25 | 36,236 | 24,701 | 11,535 | 31.8% | — |
| $20 | 90,615 | 61,800 | 28,815 | 31.8% | — |
| $10 | 453,075 | 306,432 | 146,643 | 32.4% | — |
| $5 | 543,690 | 362,889 | 180,801 | 33.3% | — |
How this return was calculated
We sum the value of all unclaimed prizes ($6,126,060) and divide by the estimated number of unsold tickets (1,775,515), assuming winning and losing tickets sell at the same rate. That gives an expected return of $3.45 per $5 ticket — $0.69 back per $1 played, or an expected loss of $1.55 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: Sep 16, 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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