$500 Cash CrazeNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$500 Cash Craze is a $5 ticket from the New Jersey Lottery. At launch, about 1 in 1,359,137 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more. It pays back about $0.71 per $1 on average, in line with New Jersey's other $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
- The prize pool is running thin, with most prizes already won.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,359,225 | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| $500 | 1 in 589 | 9,231 | 2,026 | 22% |
| $200 | 1 in 4,979 | 1,092 | 237 | 22% |
| $100 | 1 in 330 | 16,494 | 3,698 | 22% |
| $50 | 1 in 181 | 30,026 | 6,715 | 22% |
| $40 | 1 in 378 | 14,383 | 3,173 | 22% |
| $25 | 1 in 150 | 36,236 | 8,203 | 23% |
| $20 | 1 in 60 | 90,615 | 20,635 | 23% |
| $10 | 1 in 12 | 453,075 | 105,762 | 23% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 543,690 | 132,377 | 24% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 30, when our records for it began, 3 $200,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on July 30.
- July 30, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- June 11, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- June 4, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for New Jersey's $5 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
- 1963
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 3/24/2026
- Payout %
- 71.1%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Crossword | 63 | 1 in 4.18 | 70.7% | $50K · 3 | 4.1% |
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| Golden Riches Bingo | 59 | 1 in 4.26 | 68.0% | $100K · 3 | 3.3% |
| Poker Nights | 59 | 1 in 4.30 | 70.6% | $150K · 3 | 2.7% |
| Emerald 7's | 59 | 1 in 4.19 | 70.7% | $200K · 3 | 5.1% |
| Ca$h Money | 57 | 1 in 4.17 | 70.7% | $200K · 1 | 1.2% |
| Goooalll! For The Win | 56 | 1 in 4.25 | 70.5% | $100K · 2 | 0.7% |
| Jersey Dog | 53 | 1 in 4.12 | 70.1% | $200K · 2 | 0.7% |
| $500 Cash Craze (this game) | 35 | 1 in 4.55 | 71.1% | $200K · 1 | 1.9% |
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.