Cash 4-EverNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The New Jersey Lottery sells Cash 4-Ever as a $5 ticket. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $200,000 prize now runs about 1 in 1,928,608 by our estimate, against 1 in 1,598,334 at launch. On average it pays back about $0.67 per $1, $0.03 less than the median $5 game in New Jersey. At a ValueScore of 33/100 (Below Avg), it is 16th of the 20 active $5 games in New Jersey.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.6M at launch, about 1 in 1.9M now. The $200,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- A leaner 23% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.41), below most games.
- Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,596,720 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 228,103 | 21 | 6 | 29% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 122,825 | 39 | 12 | 31% |
| $500 | 1 in 9,159 | 523 | 203 | 39% |
| $250 | 1 in 5,914 | 810 | 319 | 39% |
| $100 | 1 in 587 | 8,167 | 3,215 | 39% |
| $50 | 1 in 120 | 39,871 | 15,652 | 39% |
| $25 | 1 in 30 | 159,672 | 63,060 | 39% |
| $20 | 1 in 80 | 59,895 | 23,988 | 40% |
| $15 | 1 in 40 | 119,748 | 47,594 | 40% |
| $10 | 1 in 16 | 299,377 | 119,703 | 40% |
| $5 | 1 in 12 | 399,176 | 163,573 | 41% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since April 6, when our records for it began, 2 $200,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 3.
- October 3, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- April 12 to August 30, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below 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
- 1924
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 7/1/2025
- Payout %
- 66.9%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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All 20 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Crossword | 63 | 1 in 4.18 | 70.7% | $50K · 3 | 4.1% |
| Jersey Legend | 62 | 1 in 4.39 | 70.2% | $200K · 2 | 6.1% |
| LOTERIA Grande | 61 | 1 in 3.91 | 68.5% | $100K · 3 | 2.1% |
| 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% |
| Cash 4-Ever (this game) | 33 | 1 in 4.41 | 66.9% | $200K · 1 | 0.2% |
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.