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Ranked 15th of 58 Tickets in New Jersey

Super CrosswordNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: New Jersey Lottery
63
VALUESCORE
Good
$5New JerseyGame #1975GREEN
At a glance

The New Jersey Lottery sells Super Crossword as a $5 ticket. At a ValueScore of 63/100 (Good), it is the best $5 game on sale in New Jersey. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 231,424 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.18
Derived
Exp. Value
$0.71
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$50,000
Top Prizes Left
3
Prizes Remaining
57%
ValueScore™
63 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.71
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
Above the pack: #15 of 58 in New Jersey, better than about 76% of the state's games.
Why
↑Little of the prize pool has been drained so far.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 926K at launch, about 1 in 1.1M now. The $50,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • At $0.71 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.
  • Prize quality is fair, with some of the bigger winners already claimed.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$50,000
3 of 6 left
launch odds 1 in 926K
now ~1 in 1.1M
$7,500
12 of 18 left
launch odds 1 in 309K
now ~1 in 266K
$550
33 of 54 left
launch odds 1 in 103K
now ~1 in 97K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$50,0001 in 926,01063
50%
$7,5001 in 308,6701812
67%
$5501 in 102,8905433
61%
$1501 in 22724,52413,702
56%
$1001 in 14039,78722,061
55%
$501 in 9260,62233,739
56%
$301 in 29918,57510,310
56%
$151 in 6092,66551,941
56%
$71 in 10536,772305,017
57%
$51 in 10555,727325,555
59%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$19,636,364
Current Prize Pool
$11,057,809
Payout Percentage
56.3%
Total Prizes Remaining
762,373

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
5,554,175
Estimated Remaining
3,186,719
% Remaining
57.4%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since its launch on July 28, 3 $50,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was on September 28.

62
6
4
3
July 28October 19
  • September 28, 20261 claimed · 3 left
  • August 27, 20261 claimed · 4 left
  • August 24, 20261 claimed · 5 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 4.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 3 times the average for New Jersey's $5 games (1.2% 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

63
VALUESCORE
Good
63
out of 100
Expected Value
26/40
Prize Quality
15/25
Win Frequency
11/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1975
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
7/27/2026
Payout %
70.7%
Data Source
State lottery
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.18 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Super Crossword scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. Super Crossword scores 63/100 (Good) and is the strongest of New Jersey's 20 $5 tickets. It pays back about $0.71 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the Super Crossword scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Super Crossword are 1 in 4.18. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Super Crossword?
The top prize for Super Crossword is $50,000. As of our latest update, 3 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $5 ticket in New Jersey

All 20 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Super Crossword (this game)631 in 4.1870.7%$50K · 34.1%
Jersey Legend621 in 4.3970.2%$200K · 26.1%
LOTERIA Grande611 in 3.9168.5%$100K · 32.1%
Golden Riches Bingo591 in 4.2668.0%$100K · 33.3%
Poker Nights591 in 4.3070.6%$150K · 32.7%
Emerald 7's591 in 4.1970.7%$200K · 35.1%
Ca$h Money571 in 4.1770.7%$200K · 11.2%
Goooalll! For The Win561 in 4.2570.5%$100K · 20.7%
Jersey Dog531 in 4.1270.1%$200K · 20.7%
Year Of The Horse441 in 4.1070.0%$200K · 10.4%

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.