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Weak valueActiveLoose Change · $1 · New Jersey Lottery
Loose Change: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.64 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $1 NJ games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#1 of 2 · $1 NJ games
Loose Change is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 80 of the original 140 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 8.6M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.42
odds of any win
80 of 140
$500 top prizes left
40%
claimed · 3.5M of 8.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,168,129 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 64,424 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.64 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.64 · 64.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
1,168,129 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
8.6M
tickets printed
3.5M
tickets claimed · 40%
5.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
57%
Tickets left
60%
57% of top prizes remain with 60% 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
#1 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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