Black Opal 7'sNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Black Opal 7's costs $20 a ticket from the New Jersey Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $1,000,000 prize now runs about 1 in 3,106,489 by our estimate, against 1 in 2,433,733 at launch. Its expected return of $0.77 per $1 runs $0.04 ahead of 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 3.1M now. The $1,000,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Each $1 spent here returns about $0.77 on average, comfortably above the typical scratch-off.
- Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 2,432,740 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 121,637 | 60 | 50 | 83% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 14,804 | 493 | 432 | 88% |
| $500 | 1 in 240 | 30,367 | 25,857 | 85% |
| $200 | 1 in 69 | 105,309 | 89,461 | 85% |
| $100 | 1 in 30 | 243,217 | 206,654 | 85% |
| $50 | 1 in 27 | 273,688 | 232,821 | 85% |
| $40 | 1 in 16 | 456,134 | 387,829 | 85% |
| $20 | 1 in 10 | 729,822 | 621,876 | 85% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on September 3, one $1,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on October 17.
- October 17, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice the average for New Jersey's $20 games (1.1% 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
- 1991
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 9/2/2026
- Payout %
- 76.5%
- 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 (this game) | 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 | 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.