Mega Hot 7'sNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Mega Hot 7's is one of the New Jersey Lottery's $20 games. Our estimate for the $1,000,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 2,920,566 per ticket, from 1 in 2,438,752 at launch. Its expected return of $0.73 per $1 sits $0.02 below the typical $20 ticket in New Jersey.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 2.4M at launch, about 1 in 2.9M now. The $1,000,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.73 per $1 spent.
- This game is partway played through, with a fair share of prizes remaining.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 2,439,133 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 109,215 | 67 | 30 | 45% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 14,813 | 494 | 198 | 40% |
| $500 | 1 in 258 | 28,312 | 11,212 | 40% |
| $200 | 1 in 159 | 46,027 | 18,168 | 39% |
| $100 | 1 in 27 | 275,369 | 108,913 | 40% |
| $50 | 1 in 20 | 365,870 | 145,561 | 40% |
| $40 | 1 in 16 | 457,344 | 181,825 | 40% |
| $20 | 1 in 10 | 731,789 | 294,656 | 40% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since April 6, when our records for it began, 2 $1,000,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was between April 12 and August 30.
- April 12 to August 30, 20262 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New Jersey's $20 games (1.4% 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
- 1903
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 1/30/2025
- Payout %
- 73.0%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $20 ticket in New Jersey
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 Million Premier Ca$h | 91 | 1 in 3.61 | 76.5% | $1M · 3 | 0.9% |
| Black Opal 7's | 84 | 1 in 3.97 | 76.5% | $1M · 2 | 2.0% |
| Crossword Bonanza | 72 | 1 in 3.51 | 75.2% | $400K · 1 | 3.9% |
| 100X | 72 | 1 in 3.85 | 76.5% | $1M · 1 | 1.1% |
| Quarter Million Ca$h | 69 | 1 in 3.90 | 72.1% | $250K · 6 | 0.5% |
| Mega Hot 7's (this game) | 62 | 1 in 3.84 | 73.0% | $1M · 1 | 0.2% |
| 100X Cash Blitz | 55 | 1 in 3.95 | 72.9% | $1M · 1 | 0.1% |
| $50,000,000 Fast Cash | 31 | 1 in 9.70 | 69.1% | $500 · 2,845 | - |
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.