Poker NightsNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The New Jersey Lottery sells Poker Nights as a $5 ticket. By our estimate the $150,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 893,421 per ticket, down from 1 in 1,219,338. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 110,849 tickets.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 893K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $150,000 prizes have been claimed.
- $0.71 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
- Strong prize quality: a healthy share of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $150,000 | 1 in 1,218,210 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 121,821 | 40 | 24 | 60% |
| $500 | 1 in 5,525 | 882 | 480 | 54% |
| $200 | 1 in 2,633 | 1,851 | 987 | 53% |
| $100 | 1 in 261 | 18,666 | 10,200 | 55% |
| $50 | 1 in 85 | 57,116 | 31,233 | 55% |
| $20 | 1 in 20 | 243,715 | 133,037 | 55% |
| $10 | 1 in 12 | 405,924 | 222,664 | 55% |
| $5 | 1 in 12 | 406,070 | 224,689 | 55% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on July 30, one $150,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was on August 12.
- August 12, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 3.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice 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
- 1986
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 7/29/2026
- Payout %
- 70.6%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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All 20 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Crossword | 64 | 1 in 4.18 | 70.7% | $50K · 3 | 4.1% |
| LOTERIA Grande | 62 | 1 in 3.91 | 68.5% | $100K · 3 | 2.1% |
| Emerald 7's | 62 | 1 in 4.19 | 70.7% | $200K · 3 | 5.9% |
| Jersey Legend | 61 | 1 in 4.39 | 70.2% | $200K · 2 | - |
| Golden Riches Bingo | 59 | 1 in 4.26 | 68.0% | $100K · 3 | 3.2% |
| Poker Nights (this game) | 59 | 1 in 4.30 | 70.6% | $150K · 3 | 3.2% |
| Ca$h Money | 56 | 1 in 4.17 | 70.7% | $200K · 1 | 1.3% |
| Goooalll! For The Win | 56 | 1 in 4.25 | 70.5% | $100K · 2 | 0.7% |
| Jersey Dog | 51 | 1 in 4.12 | 70.1% | $200K · 2 | 0.8% |
| Year Of The Horse | 44 | 1 in 4.10 | 70.0% | $200K · 1 | 0.4% |
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.