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Decent valueActive$1 Million Premier Ca$h · $20 · New Jersey Lottery
$1 Million Premier Ca$h: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.21 on average.
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $20 NJ games
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $20 NJ games
$1 Million Premier Ca$h is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.1%, up 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 75.7%. 3 of the original 3 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 7.9M printed tickets have been sold.
76.1%
expected return
1 in 3.61
odds of any win
3 of 3
$598K top prizes left
28%
claimed · 2.2M of 7.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,585,062 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 319 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.21 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.75 · 73.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $598K
$0.46 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
1,584,774 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
7.9M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 28%
5.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
72%
100% of top prizes remain with only 72% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
New Jersey Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 NJ peers
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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