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Weak valueActiveLOTERIA · $3 · New Jersey Lottery
LOTERIA: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.83 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $3 NJ games
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $3 NJ games
LOTERIA is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 61.0%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 4 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 5.6M printed tickets have been sold.
61.0%
expected return
1 in 4.10
odds of any win
1 of 4
$30K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 4.8M of 5.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 198,299 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $150, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,401 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.83 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.79 · 59.8% of price
Mid prizes $30K
$0.04 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
198,298 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
5.6M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 85%
815k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
15%
25% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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 $3 NJ peers
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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