$5,000,000 FortuneNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$5,000,000 Fortune costs $30 a ticket from the New Jersey Lottery. By our estimate the $5,000,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 1,663,038 per ticket, down from 1 in 2,343,149. At 1 in 3.96, its overall odds are the longest of New Jersey's 6 $30 games. On average it pays back about $0.75 per $1, $0.02 less than the median $30 game in New Jersey. With a ValueScore of 59/100 (Fair), it is 6th of the 6 active $30 games in New Jersey.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 2.3M at launch, about 1 in 1.7M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
- Frequent winners: roughly a 25% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.96), ahead of most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000,000 | 1 in 2,343,487 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 234,349 | 30 | 8 | 27% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 58,587 | 120 | 34 | 28% |
| $500 | 1 in 117 | 59,992 | 14,043 | 23% |
| $200 | 1 in 53 | 132,934 | 31,126 | 23% |
| $100 | 1 in 20 | 351,610 | 82,753 | 24% |
| $50 | 1 in 10 | 703,046 | 165,316 | 24% |
| $30 | 1 in 13 | 527,378 | 126,678 | 24% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since April 6, when our records for it began, 2 $5,000,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on April 13.
- April 13, 20262 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New Jersey's $30 games (1.5% 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
- 1908
- Ticket Price
- $30
- Start Date
- 2/27/2025
- Payout %
- 75.1%
- 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 | 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 (this game) | 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.