Money ManiaNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Money Mania is one of the New Jersey Lottery's $2 games. Its overall odds of 1 in 4.41 are the best of the 6 $2 tickets New Jersey sells. Its ValueScore of 23/100 (Below Avg) makes it 5th out of 6 $2 tickets in New Jersey.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.6M at launch, about 1 in 1.4M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $10,000 prizes have been claimed.
- The prize pool is running thin, with most prizes already won.
- Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | 1 in 1,564,950 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $500 | 1 in 60,190 | 78 | 19 | 24% |
| $100 | 1 in 4,835 | 971 | 254 | 26% |
| $50 | 1 in 325 | 14,459 | 3,786 | 26% |
| $20 | 1 in 150 | 31,299 | 8,490 | 27% |
| $10 | 1 in 27 | 172,129 | 47,279 | 27% |
| $5 | 1 in 11 | 438,217 | 126,943 | 29% |
| $2 | 1 in 12 | 406,887 | 121,915 | 30% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on July 1, 2 $10,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on September 16.
- September 16, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- July 30, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for New Jersey's $2 games (2% 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
- 1983
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 6/30/2026
- Payout %
- 66.5%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
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 | 32 | 1 in 4.44 | 66.8% | $10K · 3 | 0.2% |
| Money Mania (this game) | 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.