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Average valueActive$1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacul · $30 · New Jersey Lottery
$1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacul: Average value. A $30 ticket pays back $21.72 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $30 NJ games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $30 NJ games
$1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacul is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.4%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 72.2%. 4 of the original 9 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 64% of the 9.4M printed tickets have been sold.
72.4%
expected return
1 in 3.61
odds of any win
4 of 9
$595K top prizes left
64%
claimed · 6M of 9.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 938,507 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $30
$50 – $250, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 196 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $21.72 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$20.79 · 69.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $595K
$0.93 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
938,328 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
64% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
9.4M
tickets printed
6M
tickets claimed · 64%
3.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
44%
Tickets left
36%
44% of top prizes remain with only 36% 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 $30 NJ peers
#6 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Crossword Xtreme
82.7%
2
Jersey Riches
78.3%
3
Crossword Xtreme
76.7%
4
Jackpot Millions
76.3%
5
$5,000,000 Fortune
73.0%
6
$1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacul
72.4%
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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