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Average valueActiveGolden Riches Bingo · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Golden Riches Bingo: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.40 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#12 of 19 · $5 NJ games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#12 of 19 · $5 NJ games
Golden Riches Bingo is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 3 of the original 3 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 4.6M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 4.26
odds of any win
3 of 3
$100K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 67k of 4.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,071,472 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 13,827 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.29 · 65.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,071,418 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
4.6M
tickets printed
67k
tickets claimed · 1%
4.6M
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
99%
100% of top prizes remain with only 99% 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
#12 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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