Jersey RichesNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Jersey Riches costs $30 a ticket from the New Jersey Lottery. By our estimate the $3,000,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 1,704,311 per ticket, down from 1 in 2,197,212. With a ValueScore of 85/100 (Excellent), it is 2nd among the 6 $30 games New Jersey sells. Its expected return of $0.78 per $1 runs $0.02 ahead of the typical $30 ticket in New Jersey.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 2.2M at launch, about 1 in 1.7M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $3,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Wins hit often: about a 29% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.48), better than most games.
- Fresh prize pool: most of this game's prizes are still on the table.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,000,000 | 1 in 2,195,347 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 731,782 | 9 | 4 | 44% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 57,772 | 114 | 56 | 49% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 23,522 | 280 | 149 | 53% |
| $500 | 1 in 159 | 41,373 | 21,380 | 52% |
| $200 | 1 in 39 | 168,874 | 87,443 | 52% |
| $100 | 1 in 18 | 366,303 | 189,045 | 52% |
| $60 | 1 in 80 | 82,386 | 42,668 | 52% |
| $50 | 1 in 11 | 576,312 | 297,376 | 52% |
| $30 | 1 in 10 | 658,494 | 341,366 | 52% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $3,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on October 6.
- October 6, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for New Jersey's $30 games (1.3% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- New Jersey
- Game Number
- 1962
- Ticket Price
- $30
- Start Date
- 2/25/2026
- Payout %
- 78.4%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $30 ticket in New Jersey
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 Payday | 96 | 1 in 3.64 | 77.2% | $1M · 9 | 1.7% |
| Jersey Riches (this game) | 85 | 1 in 3.48 | 78.4% | $3M · 2 | 1.1% |
| Jackpot Millions | 79 | 1 in 3.40 | 77.4% | $3M · 2 | 0.7% |
| Crossword Xtreme | 78 | 1 in 3.40 | 75.7% | $600K · 1 | 3.6% |
| $1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacul | 68 | 1 in 3.61 | 73.5% | $1M · 4 | 0.4% |
| $5,000,000 Fortune | 59 | 1 in 3.96 | 75.1% | $5M · 1 | 0.5% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.