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Ranked 25th of 58 Tickets in New Jersey

Ca$h MoneyNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: New Jersey Lottery
57
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5New JerseyGame #1984GREEN
At a glance

Ca$h Money costs $5 a ticket from the New Jersey Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $200,000 prize now runs about 1 in 2,491,333 by our estimate, against 1 in 1,586,457 at launch. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 28,671 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.17
Derived
Exp. Value
$0.71
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$200,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
52%
ValueScore™
57 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.71
→
AVERAGE
Middle of the pack: #25 of the 58 active games we track in New Jersey.
Why
→A reasonable chunk of the top and mid-tier prizes are still available, though not the majority.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.6M at launch, about 1 in 2.5M now. The $200,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • About a 24% chance of a prize on each ticket (1 in 4.17), in line with most games.
  • Expected value lands near the pack at $0.71 per $1 spent.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$200,000
1 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 1.6M
now ~1 in 2.5M
$2,500
21 of 39 left
launch odds 1 in 122K
now ~1 in 119K
$1,000
62 of 124 left
launch odds 1 in 38K
now ~1 in 40K
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
$200,0001 in 1,584,82031
33%
$2,5001 in 121,9093921
54%
$1,0001 in 38,34212462
50%
$5001 in 5,928802402
50%
$1001 in 31515,0817,715
51%
$501 in 6375,45538,858
51%
$201 in 34138,73371,676
52%
$151 in 6079,24141,278
52%
$101 in 11435,753227,514
52%
$51 in 12396,105209,915
53%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$16,804,680
Current Prize Pool
$8,607,305
Payout Percentage
51.2%
Total Prizes Remaining
597,442

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
4,759,371
Estimated Remaining
2,491,333
% Remaining
52.3%
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

Since its launch on July 1, 2 $200,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on August 26.

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3
2
1
July 1October 19
  • August 26, 20261 claimed · 1 left
  • August 2, 20261 claimed · 2 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to 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

57
VALUESCORE
Fair
57
out of 100
Expected Value
24/40
Prize Quality
10/25
Win Frequency
11/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1984
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
6/30/2026
Payout %
70.7%
Data Source
State lottery
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.17 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Ca$h Money scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Ca$h Money scores 57/100 (Fair) and is 7th of New Jersey's 20 $5 tickets, in the top third. It pays back about $0.71 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the New Jersey rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Ca$h Money scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Ca$h Money are 1 in 4.17. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Ca$h Money?
The top prize for Ca$h Money is $200,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.

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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.