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Average valueActiveCa$h Money · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Ca$h Money: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.58 on average.
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 19 · $5 NJ games
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 19 · $5 NJ games
Ca$h Money is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.6%, up 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.6%. 3 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 36% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
71.6%
expected return
1 in 4.17
odds of any win
3 of 3
$200K top prizes left
36%
claimed · 1.7M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 732,393 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,886 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.33 · 66.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.25 · 4.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
732,280 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
36% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
4.8M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 36%
3M
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
64%
100% of top prizes remain with only 64% 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 $5 NJ peers
#1 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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