Are the top prizes in Quarter Million Ca$h still available?

6 of 9 top prizes worth $250,000 are still unclaimed.

What does a Quarter Million Ca$h ticket pay back?

You get back about 72¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the New Jersey Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

New Jersey · $20 ticket · #01939

Quarter Million Ca$h

Updated today

6 top prizes are still unclaimed at $250,000. A $20 ticket returns about 72¢ on average.

Includes free-ticket prizesTop prize hasn't hit yet

Pays back per $1 72¢ about 72¢ when the game launched

Top prize $250,000 6 of 9 still unclaimed

How far along 47% about 47% of tickets already sold · roughly 3.9 million tickets left (estimated) 1 in 3.898 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$250,000	6	9
$5,000	27	48
$2,000	203	370
$500	16,341	30,824
$200	39,942	75,100
$100	137,363	258,713
$50	224,802	421,981
$30	197,460	369,580
Free ticket	395,113	738,833

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.7216 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.7207 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 3.898
Estimated tickets printed: 7,388,495
Estimated tickets remaining: 3,949,992
Estimated fraction sold: 0.4654
Game number: #01939

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

Source: the New Jersey Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.