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Poor valueActiveLoose Change · $1 · New Jersey Lottery
Loose Change: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.57 on average.
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#2 of 2 · $1 NJ games
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#2 of 2 · $1 NJ games
Loose Change is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 8.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 12 of the original 140 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 84% of the 8.7M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 4.42
odds of any win
12 of 140
$500 top prizes left
84%
claimed · 7.3M of 8.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 308,023 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 112,737 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.57 · 57.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
308,023 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
84% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
8.7M
tickets printed
7.3M
tickets claimed · 84%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
9%
Tickets left
16%
9% of top prizes remain with 16% 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 $1 NJ peers
#2 of 2
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Loose Change
64.0%
2
Loose Change
57.0%
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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