Quarter Million Ca$hNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The New Jersey Lottery sells Quarter Million Ca$h as a $20 ticket. By our estimate the $250,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 653,227 per ticket, down from 1 in 821,365. On average it pays back about $0.72 per $1, $0.03 less than the median $20 game in New Jersey.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 821K at launch, about 1 in 653K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $250,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Wins hit often: about a 26% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.90), better than most games.
- You get back about $0.72 per $1 on average, which is normal for this price.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 | 1 in 821,047 | 9 | 6 | 67% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 153,946 | 48 | 27 | 56% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 19,971 | 370 | 201 | 54% |
| $500 | 1 in 240 | 30,824 | 16,231 | 53% |
| $200 | 1 in 98 | 75,100 | 39,681 | 53% |
| $100 | 1 in 29 | 258,713 | 136,533 | 53% |
| $50 | 1 in 18 | 421,981 | 223,366 | 53% |
| $30 | 1 in 20 | 369,580 | 196,238 | 53% |
| $20 | 1 in 10 | 738,833 | 392,682 | 53% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since April 6, when our records for it began, 3 $250,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 6. The most recent was between April 12 and August 30.
- April 12 to August 30, 20263 claimed · 6 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New Jersey's $20 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
- 1939
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 8/28/2025
- Payout %
- 72.1%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $20 ticket in New Jersey
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 Million Premier Ca$h | 91 | 1 in 3.61 | 76.5% | $1M · 3 | 0.9% |
| Black Opal 7's | 84 | 1 in 3.97 | 76.5% | $1M · 2 | 2.0% |
| Crossword Bonanza | 72 | 1 in 3.51 | 75.2% | $400K · 1 | 3.9% |
| 100X | 72 | 1 in 3.85 | 76.5% | $1M · 1 | 1.1% |
| Quarter Million Ca$h (this game) | 69 | 1 in 3.90 | 72.1% | $250K · 6 | 0.5% |
| Mega Hot 7's | 62 | 1 in 3.84 | 73.0% | $1M · 1 | 0.2% |
| 100X Cash Blitz | 55 | 1 in 3.95 | 72.9% | $1M · 1 | 0.1% |
| $50,000,000 Fast Cash | 31 | 1 in 9.70 | 69.1% | $500 · 2,845 | - |
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.