It Takes 2New Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
It Takes 2 is one of the New Jersey Lottery's $2 games. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $10,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 752,799, from 1 in 1,233,380 at launch. It has been on sale since March 2024, and 31% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 753K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $10,000 prizes have been claimed.
- A leaner 23% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.44), below most games.
- Middling prize quality: a fair number of the bigger prizes are still in play.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | 1 in 1,233,925 | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 157,522 | 47 | 12 | 26% |
| $100 | 1 in 2,384 | 3,105 | 937 | 30% |
| $50 | 1 in 688 | 10,762 | 2,947 | 27% |
| $30 | 1 in 639 | 11,585 | 3,249 | 28% |
| $20 | 1 in 60 | 123,344 | 34,656 | 28% |
| $10 | 1 in 35 | 209,809 | 60,733 | 29% |
| $5 | 1 in 27 | 271,472 | 84,509 | 31% |
| $4 | 1 in 25 | 296,244 | 89,235 | 30% |
| $2 | 1 in 10 | 740,355 | 232,367 | 31% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since April 6, when our records for it began, 3 $10,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was between April 12 and August 30.
- April 12 to August 30, 20263 claimed · 3 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 $2 games (2.4% 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
- 1851
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 3/30/2024
- Payout %
- 66.8%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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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 | 33 | 1 in 4.53 | 66.6% | $10K · 2 | 1.0% |
| It Takes 2 (this game) | 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.