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$1 Million Premier Ca$hNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: New Jersey Lottery
91
VALUESCORE
Excellent
$20New JerseyGame #1974GREEN
At a glance

$1 Million Premier Ca$h is a $20 ticket from the New Jersey Lottery. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $1,000,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 1,705,604, from 1 in 2,633,102 at launch. On ValueScore it earns 91/100 (Excellent), good for the top-ranked $20 ticket in New Jersey right now. On average it pays back about $0.77 per $1, $0.04 more than the median $20 game in New Jersey.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.61
Derived
Exp. Value
$0.77
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$1,000,000
Top Prizes Left
3
Prizes Remaining
65%
ValueScore™
91 / 100
Excellent

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.77
↑
EXCELLENT
Hard to beat at this price: it is the strongest of New Jersey's 8 $20 tickets.
Why
↑Expected value of $0.77 per $1 is above average. More of each dollar comes back as prizes than most games.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 2.6M at launch, about 1 in 1.7M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $1,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • Winning tickets come up at a 28% clip (1 in 3.61), above the norm.
  • The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$1,000,000
3 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 2.6M
now ~1 in 1.7M
$10,000
31 of 49 left
launch odds 1 in 161K
now ~1 in 165K
$2,000
215 of 326 left
launch odds 1 in 24K
now ~1 in 24K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$1,000,0001 in 2,635,43333
100%
$10,0001 in 161,3534931
63%
$2,0001 in 24,252326215
66%
$5001 in 32324,44215,726
64%
$2001 in 11668,16344,035
65%
$1001 in 25316,260204,445
65%
$501 in 20395,315255,546
65%
$401 in 13592,960383,316
65%
$201 in 10790,655514,082
65%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$120,918,850
Current Prize Pool
$79,246,080
Payout Percentage
65.5%
Total Prizes Remaining
1,417,399

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
7,899,305
Estimated Remaining
5,116,811
% Remaining
64.8%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

All 3 $1,000,000 top prizes left at launch on May 2 are still unclaimed.

32
3
May 2October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for New Jersey's $20 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

91
VALUESCORE
Excellent
91
out of 100
Expected Value
39/40
Prize Quality
21/25
Win Frequency
19/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1974
Ticket Price
$20
Start Date
4/29/2026
Payout %
76.5%
Data Source
State lottery
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$20.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.61 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $1 Million Premier Ca$h scratch-off a good buy?
Yes. $1 Million Premier Ca$h has a ValueScore of 91/100 (Excellent) and is the top-ranked $20 ticket in New Jersey right now. It pays back about $0.77 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the $1 Million Premier Ca$h scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $1 Million Premier Ca$h are 1 in 3.61. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $1 Million Premier Ca$h?
The top prize for $1 Million Premier Ca$h is $1,000,000. As of our latest update, 3 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $20 ticket in New Jersey

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$1 Million Premier Ca$h (this game)911 in 3.6176.5%$1M · 30.9%
Black Opal 7's841 in 3.9776.5%$1M · 22.0%
Crossword Bonanza721 in 3.5175.2%$400K · 13.9%
100X721 in 3.8576.5%$1M · 11.1%
Quarter Million Ca$h691 in 3.9072.1%$250K · 60.5%
Mega Hot 7's621 in 3.8473.0%$1M · 10.2%
100X Cash Blitz551 in 3.9572.9%$1M · 10.1%
$50,000,000 Fast Cash311 in 9.7069.1%$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.