What are the odds of winning Loose Change?

The overall odds of winning any prize on Loose Change are 1 in 4.

How much does a Loose Change ticket cost?

A Loose Change ticket costs $1.

What is the top prize for Loose Change?

The top prize for Loose Change is $500, with 120 prizes still remaining.

How many Loose Change tickets are left?

An estimated 7.7M tickets remain, approximately 89% of the total printed.

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Loose Change

Game #1978 · $1 ticket

Serious Score 58Overall odds: 1 in 4High Confidence

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About This Game

Loose Change is a $1 scratchers from the New Jersey Lottery with overall odds of 1 in 4.

Returning 60¢ per dollar, Loose Change falls in the middle of the pack for New Jersey scratchers at this price. The return has dropped -5¢ since launch as prizes have been claimed.

The top prize of $500 is still largely unclaimed, with 120 of 140 prizes outstanding. Prizes are distributed across many tiers, giving players frequent smaller wins. Your odds of at least breaking even on this ticket are 1 in 10.

Loose Change is currently the #1 ranked $1 scratchers in New Jersey by Serious Score — the top pick at this price point.

With an estimated 89% of tickets still available, there is plenty of stock remaining.

Key Metrics

Serious Score58

Current Rate60¢Original: 65¢ · Shift: -5¢

Overall RankN/Aall US games

Price Rank#1See all $1 New Jersey scratchers ranked

Tickets Remaining (Estimated)

7.7Mof 8.6M printed

Win Probabilities

Top Prize$500

120 of 140 leftDistributed

P(Breakeven)1 in 10(10.1247%)

Any Prize

1 in 4

≥ $500

1 in 63,978