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Ranked 29th of 58 Tickets in New Jersey

The Shore ThingNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: New Jersey Lottery
53
VALUESCORE
Fair
$10New JerseyGame #1920GREEN
At a glance

The New Jersey Lottery sells The Shore Thing as a $10 ticket. Prizes of $10,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 1,234,625 tickets. It pays back about $0.71 per $1 on average, in line with New Jersey's other $10 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.96
Derived
Exp. Value
$0.71
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$500,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
33%
ValueScore™
53 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.71
→
AVERAGE
Middle of the pack: #29 of the 58 active games we track in New Jersey.
Why
→Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
  • Roughly half the prize pool has been claimed, with a decent amount still left.
  • At $0.71 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$500,000
1 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 1.2M
now ~1 in 1.2M
$5,000
4 of 12 left
launch odds 1 in 309K
now ~1 in 310K
$2,000
4 of 12 left
launch odds 1 in 309K
now ~1 in 310K
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
$500,0001 in 1,235,26031
33%
$5,0001 in 308,815124
33%
$2,0001 in 308,815124
33%
$5001 in 2,1161,751559
32%
$2001 in 1,2882,877920
32%
$1001 in 7449,95816,240
33%
$501 in 27139,48945,630
33%
$301 in 6061,75220,347
33%
$201 in 15247,05281,879
33%
$101 in 9432,416147,339
34%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$26,122,910
Current Prize Pool
$8,618,380
Payout Percentage
33.0%
Total Prizes Remaining
312,923

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
3,703,875
Estimated Remaining
1,239,175
% Remaining
33.5%
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 April 6, when our records for it began, 2 $500,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was between April 12 and August 30.

30
3
1
April 6October 19
  • April 12 to August 30, 20262 claimed · 1 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New Jersey's $10 games (1.1% 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

53
VALUESCORE
Fair
53
out of 100
Expected Value
23/40
Prize Quality
8/25
Win Frequency
14/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1920
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
5/23/2025
Payout %
70.5%
Data Source
State lottery
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.96 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the The Shore Thing scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. The Shore Thing scores 53/100 (Fair) and is 7th of the 13 active $10 games in New Jersey. It pays back about $0.71 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $10 tickets are listed on the New Jersey rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the The Shore Thing scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with The Shore Thing are 1 in 3.96. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for The Shore Thing?
The top prize for The Shore Thing is $500,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in The Shore Thing?
Based on our latest data, 33% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 312,923 out of 935,322 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $10 ticket in New Jersey

All 13 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$250,000 Crossword681 in 3.9472.0%$250K · 53.9%
Cash Fever661 in 3.7273.4%$500K · 20.7%
Disco Dollarfest651 in 3.7272.9%$500K · 10.3%
Ruby 7's611 in 4.0472.7%$500K · 14.0%
50X Cash Blitz591 in 3.7571.0%$500K · 10.2%
$1,000,000 Spectacular571 in 3.8972.6%$1M · 11.3%
The Shore Thing (this game)531 in 3.9670.5%$500K · 10.2%
Super Hot 7's491 in 4.0169.9%$500K · 10.2%
$250,000 Crossword (Game #1965)451 in 3.9471.9%$250K · 10.2%
AC Night$371 in 5.6569.9%$500K · 11.6%

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.