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Average valueActiveWinter Ice · $10 · New Jersey Lottery
Winter Ice: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.30 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#3 of 13 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:26 PM
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#3 of 13 · $10 NJ gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:26 PM
Winter Ice is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.0%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 72.2%. 1 of the original 2 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 3.7M printed tickets have been sold.
73.0%
expected return
1 in 3.76
odds of any win
1 of 2
$500K top prizes left
76%
claimed · 2.8M of 3.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 231,713 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,662 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.70 · 67.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.60 · 6.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
231,704 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
3.7M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 76%
873k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
24%
50% of top prizes remain with only 24% 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 $10 NJ peers
#3 of 13
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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