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Decent valueActiveJackpot Millions · $30 · New Jersey Lottery
Jackpot Millions: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.79 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $30 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:26 PM
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $30 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:26 PM
Jackpot Millions is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.0%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 75.7%. 2 of the original 3 $3,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 41% of the 7.3M printed tickets have been sold.
76.0%
expected return
1 in 3.40
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1.8M jackpots left
41%
claimed · 3M of 7.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,260,880 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $30
$50 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 158 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.79 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$21.66 · 72.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.31 · 1.0% of price
Jackpots $1.8M+
$0.82 · 2.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.2%
Just 2 tickets out of 4.3M carry the $1.8M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
1,260,579 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
41% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
7.3M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 41%
4.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
59%
67% of top prizes remain with only 59% 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
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:26 PM.
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