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Poor valueActiveSuper Crossword · $5 · New Jersey Lottery
Super Crossword: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.96 on average.
▼ -9.4 pts vs launch#19 of 19 · $5 NJ games
▼ -9.4 pts vs launch#19 of 19 · $5 NJ games
Super Crossword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.2%, down 9.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.6%. 1 of the original 6 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 5.5M printed tickets have been sold.
59.2%
expected return
1 in 4.22
odds of any win
1 of 6
$50K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 4.7M of 5.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 173,421 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$7 – $150, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 104,573 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.96 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $550
$2.87 · 57.4% of price
Mid prizes $8K – $50K
$0.09 · 1.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $550 wins
173,418 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
5.5M
tickets printed
4.7M
tickets claimed · 87%
732k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
13%
17% of top prizes remain with only 13% 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
#19 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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