LOTERIANew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The New Jersey Lottery sells LOTERIA as a $3 ticket. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $30,000 prize now runs about 1 in 3,186,983 by our estimate, against 1 in 1,413,467 at launch. No $3 ticket in New Jersey has better overall odds: 1 in 4.10, against 2 others at that price.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.4M at launch, about 1 in 3.2M now. The $30,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
- Odds of 1 in 4.10 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | 1 in 1,413,950 | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| $500 | 1 in 8,011 | 706 | 391 | 55% |
| $150 | 1 in 3,738 | 1,513 | 833 | 55% |
| $100 | 1 in 2,397 | 2,360 | 1,307 | 55% |
| $50 | 1 in 516 | 10,955 | 6,037 | 55% |
| $30 | 1 in 962 | 5,880 | 3,179 | 54% |
| $25 | 1 in 199 | 28,455 | 15,618 | 55% |
| $20 | 1 in 67 | 84,804 | 47,053 | 55% |
| $15 | 1 in 50 | 113,116 | 62,168 | 55% |
| $10 | 1 in 33 | 169,767 | 94,934 | 56% |
| $5 | 1 in 17 | 339,294 | 191,263 | 56% |
| $3 | 1 in 9 | 622,138 | 354,529 | 57% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on May 28, 3 $30,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 9.
- October 9, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- September 15, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- August 1, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each 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
- 1982
- Ticket Price
- $3
- Start Date
- 5/26/2026
- Payout %
- 65.0%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
Every $3 ticket in New Jersey
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossword | 41 | 1 in 4.89 | 65.0% | $20K · 17 | 2.4% |
| LOTERIA (this game) | 35 | 1 in 4.10 | 65.0% | $30K · 1 | 2.4% |
| Crossword (Game #1953) | 4 | 1 in 4.89 | 65.0% | $20K · 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.