Birthday SurpriseNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Birthday Surprise costs $2 a ticket from the New Jersey Lottery. By our estimate the $10,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 581,301 per ticket, down from 1 in 1,180,390. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 131,154 tickets.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 581K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $10,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Wins are infrequent: about a 22% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.53), lower than most games.
- A reasonable chunk of the top and mid-tier prizes are still available, though not the majority.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | 1 in 1,180,000 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 147,500 | 24 | 8 | 33% |
| $500 | 1 in 29,500 | 120 | 41 | 34% |
| $100 | 1 in 2,003 | 1,767 | 484 | 27% |
| $50 | 1 in 504 | 7,019 | 1,980 | 28% |
| $20 | 1 in 67 | 53,086 | 15,805 | 30% |
| $10 | 1 in 32 | 112,114 | 34,717 | 31% |
| $5 | 1 in 27 | 129,754 | 42,439 | 33% |
| $4 | 1 in 25 | 141,674 | 46,659 | 33% |
| $2 | 1 in 21 | 165,160 | 55,581 | 34% |
| $2 | 1 in 21 | 170,994 | 58,929 | 34% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since April 6, when our records for it began, one $10,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was between April 12 and August 30.
- April 12 to August 30, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for New Jersey's $2 games (2.2% 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
- 1904
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 7/23/2025
- Payout %
- 66.6%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
Compare
Compare this game with another →Official Source
View on New Jersey Lottery ↗Simulate This Game
Run a virtual scratch-off using this game's real odds.
Entertainment only. Outcomes are random and won't match a real session. Current-odds mode scales each tier by remaining prizes and tickets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every $2 ticket in New Jersey
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Money Spectacular | 48 | 1 in 4.76 | 66.0% | $30K · 5 | 2.5% |
| Sapphire 7's | 38 | 1 in 4.64 | 65.6% | $20K · 3 | 6.0% |
| Birthday Surprise (this game) | 33 | 1 in 4.53 | 66.6% | $10K · 2 | 1.0% |
| It Takes 2 | 32 | 1 in 4.44 | 66.8% | $10K · 3 | 0.2% |
| Money Mania | 23 | 1 in 4.41 | 66.5% | $10K · 1 | 1.9% |
| Big Money Spectacular (Game #1964) | 13 | 1 in 4.76 | 66.0% | $30K · 0 | 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.