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Emerald 7's New Jersey scratch-off #1989
$0.70 / $1$5 ticketTop prize $200,000
Return per $1 now
$0.70
Based on published ticket counts
Return per ticket now
$3.50
vs $5 cost
Return at launch
$3.53
per ticket, as originally printed
Overall odds
—
any prize, at launch
Odds of a net win
1 in 6.44
win more than the $5 ticket
Est. tickets remaining
4,215,713
of ~4,740,120 printed
Prizes remaining
88.9%
$14,756,785 in unclaimed prizes
Prize tiers live
9/9
tiers with ≥1 prize left
Top prizes left
3
$200,000 prizes unclaimed
Prize table
| Prize | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % Left | Launch Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 75.0% | — |
| $2,000 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 87.2% | — |
| $500 | 721 | 78 | 643 | 89.2% | — |
| $200 | 2,984 | 335 | 2,649 | 88.8% | — |
| $100 | 11,858 | 1,402 | 10,456 | 88.2% | — |
| $50 | 69,090 | 7,845 | 61,245 | 88.6% | — |
| $20 | 177,729 | 19,995 | 157,734 | 88.7% | — |
| $10 | 474,049 | 52,625 | 421,424 | 88.9% | — |
| $5 | 395,038 | 42,895 | 352,143 | 89.1% | — |
How this return was calculated
We sum the value of all unclaimed prizes ($14,756,785) and divide by the estimated number of unsold tickets (4,215,713), assuming winning and losing tickets sell at the same rate. That gives an expected return of $3.50 per $5 ticket — $0.70 back per $1 played, or an expected loss of $1.50 per ticket.
Ticket counts come from the New Jersey Lottery published print run (~4,740,120 tickets).
Data source
- Source: New Jersey Lottery (official)
- Last collected by us: Sep 15, 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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