New Jersey's four new holiday scratch-offs each rate first at their respective price points

The New Jersey Lottery put four holiday scratch-offs on sale Wednesday, October 28, one each at $1, $2, $5, and $10. All four are new to New Jersey, and each now rates first among the state's active games at its price on our ValueScore™.

Snow Globe Gold ($10)

Snow Globe Gold has two plays per ticket, six winning numbers and 20 of your numbers. A skate symbol wins its prize automatically, a $$ symbol doubles it, and a gold bar triples it. Its two $500,000 top prizes sit in about 3.6 million tickets, odds of about 1 in 1.8 million, and a prize of $500 or more turns up about once in 2,500 tickets. The lottery says the game holds more than $21 million in prizes. Our 73.4% payout counts free tickets at face value, and the lottery's own figure, net of free tickets, is about 70%. Both beat New Jersey's $10 average of 70.6%, and the game rates 88.7, first of 14.

Holiday Dough ($5)

Holiday Dough has four winning numbers and 15 of your numbers. A gift symbol wins automatically, a $$ doubles the prize, and a cup of milk pays five times it. Three $200,000 top prizes are spread through about 3.96 million tickets, about 1 in 1.32 million, and the lottery lists more than $11.9 million in prizes. It returns 70.7% counting free tickets, and the lottery puts its prize share at about 68% net of them. That rates 73.0, first among New Jersey's 20 active $5 games.

Nutcracker Cash ($2)

Nutcracker Cash matches two winning numbers against 10 of yours, with a candy cane symbol for an automatic win and a $$ for double. Its four $10,000 top prizes come to about 1 in 1.2 million of the 4.8 million tickets planned, and the game holds more than $5.2 million in prizes. Its 66.9% payout tops New Jersey's $2 average of 66.3%, and it rates 60.3, first of seven $2 games.

Ugly Sweater ($1)

Ugly Sweater is the simplest of the four, six symbols with a snowflake for an automatic win and a $$ for double. It tops out at $500, with 30 of those prizes in about 7.2 million tickets, roughly one per 240,000 tickets. The lottery puts its prize share at about 60% of sales net of free tickets, and it is one of only two $1 games New Jersey sells.

The new games join $1,000,000 Payday and Jersey Legend, which launched September 30. The state's biggest prizes still available are tracked separately, and all recent launches are on the new New Jersey scratch-offs page.

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New Jersey Lottery: Snow Globe Gold (Game 2005)

New Jersey Lottery: Holiday Dough (Game 2004)

New Jersey Lottery: Nutcracker Cash (Game 2003)

New Jersey Lottery: Ugly Sweater (Game 2002)