New Jersey · Game #2002

Ugly Sweater

$1per ticket

On sale · Collected Oct 28, 2026, 2:35 PM EDT · Claim deadline Oct 29, 2031

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Published site dataSite data published Oct 28, 2026

Game summary

What to know about this ticket

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PrizeGauge estimate

Chance of Any Prize

22.7%

About 1 in 4.41 remaining tickets

Includes the top prize and prizes that only return your ticket cost. A prize does not necessarily mean a profit.

What does this mean?

This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.

Official lottery data

Top prize

$500

What does this mean?

How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.

Remaining prizes and tickets

What’s left in this game

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Calculated from lottery data

Calculated unclaimed prizes

1,680,001

Calculated count from model inputs.

Out of 1,680,001 prizes in the source table.

Counts include tickets already sold whose prizes haven’t been claimed.

PrizeGauge estimate

Estimated tickets left

7,412,800

7,412,800 tickets printed originally, according to the lottery.

Tickets left are an estimate. Unclaimed prizes don’t tell us exactly how many tickets are still for sale.

First on sale: Oct 28, 2026
Ticket sales end: Oct 29, 2031
Last day to claim: Oct 29, 2031

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

Original vs. current

Original and current numbers

Original figures alongside the latest prize counts and estimates.

Odds of any prize

Latest estimate: 1 in 4.4122.7% chance · PrizeGauge estimate

Top prizes

Original at launch: 30Published original count

A smaller “1 in” number means a higher chance. Any prize includes prizes that only return the ticket cost. Original odds may be rounded; current values are estimates, not guaranteed outcomes.

What do these numbers mean?

Official lottery data

Published by the lottery.

Calculated from lottery data

Worked out from the lottery’s own numbers.

PrizeGauge estimate

Our best estimate, using data and assumptions we explain.

Average payout: Think of a big pile of tickets: this is the prize money per ticket on average. It doesn’t tell you what your next ticket will pay.
Return vs. ticket price: How the estimated average payout stacks up against what you spend. A minus sign means the average payout is less than the ticket price.
Payout without the jackpot: Big jackpots can make a ticket's average look much better even though winning one is extremely unlikely. This number shows its estimated value if the biggest prize pays $0.
Chance of Any Prize: This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.
Chance of coming out ahead: The estimated chance of a prize worth more than the ticket price. Getting your ticket cost back does not count.
Top Prizes Left: How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.
Estimated Tickets Left: Our estimate of how many tickets may remain. The lottery does not publish this exact number, and sold but unclaimed tickets can affect it.
How reliable is the estimate?: How much trust to put in the estimate. It is not your chance of winning.

What does this mean?

Each ticket is a gamble. Better-looking numbers don’t promise a winning ticket.

Prize-by-prize estimates

Estimated odds for each prize

The chance of each prize for the tickets estimated to remain. These are estimates, not the lottery’s original odds.

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Estimated odds and prize counts for Ugly Sweater
Prize	Estimated odds	Prizes left	Chance
FREE $1 TICKET	1 in 8.33	889,606	12.00094%
$2	1 in 16	463,325	6.25034%
$5	1 in 34.78	213,108	2.87487%
$10	1 in 100.03	74,108	0.99973%
$20	1 in 266.62	27,803	0.37507%
$40	1 in 751.42	9,865	0.13308%
$100	1 in 3,438.22	2,156	0.02908%
$500	1 in 247,093.33	30	0.00040%

These odds use estimated tickets left. Some prize counts are estimated too. A winning ticket may already have been sold but not claimed. Swipe the table to see every column on a phone.

Unclaimed prizes by prize amount

These bars show the share of original prizes still unclaimed. They are not your chance of winning. Some unclaimed prizes may already be on sold tickets.

FREE $1 TICKET

Official lottery data

889,606 originally

$2

Official lottery data

463,325 originally

$5

Official lottery data

213,108 originally

$10

Official lottery data

74,108 originally

$20

Official lottery data

27,803 originally

$40

Official lottery data

9,865 originally

$100

Official lottery data

2,156 originally

$500

Official lottery data

30 originally

Game history

See how the numbers have changed

We keep the last update of each day, using Eastern Time.

Estimated tickets left Last update of each day · Eastern Time

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Estimated tickets left observations
Date	Estimated tickets left	Change from previous day
Oct 28, 2026	7,412,800

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About the data

The verified records for this game don’t include all the details needed for current payout and return estimates and chances of coming out ahead. Available lottery figures are shown above.

History uses recorded values only. Missing days or changes in calculation leave gaps; charts need at least two days of figures.

Past numbers preserve the estimates published on each day. This covers the dates we have collected. 7-day change: insufficient history. 30-day change: insufficient history.

Periods end on the latest recorded day, which may be earlier than today.

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The numbers behind the ticket

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Estimated Tickets Left

7,412,800

An estimate, not an exact count from the lottery

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

How this estimate was made

Launch basis: . Inventory basis: official initial structure.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

Model assumptions

At least two tiers with 500 or more original prizes estimate remaining ticket inventory, weighted by original prize count; prize claims can lag ticket sales.

What goes into this estimate

Uses the complete prize table and changes in prize counts.

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These are the model’s inputs. A calculated or estimated count is separate from the literal count in the prize table.

Count and value inputs considered by the model
Prize wording	Value used	Original count used	Remaining count used
FREE $1 TICKET		889,606Published count	889,606Calculated: original − paid
$2	$2.00Published cash value	463,325Published count	463,325Calculated: original − paid
$5	$5.00Published cash value	213,108Published count	213,108Calculated: original − paid
$10	$10.00Published cash value	74,108Published count	74,108Calculated: original − paid
$20	$20.00Published cash value	27,803Published count	27,803Calculated: original − paid
$40	$40.00Published cash value	9,865Published count	9,865Calculated: original − paid
$100	$100.00Published cash value	2,156Published count	2,156Calculated: original − paid
$500	$500.00Published cash value	30Published count	30Calculated: original − paid

PrizeGauge estimate

A separate look at free-ticket prizes

This scenario counts a free ticket at its spending value. A free ticket is not cash. These figures stay separate from cash payouts and comparisons.

Include ticket face value

Average spending value per ticket: $0.65
Spending value per $1 spent: $0.65
Chance of value above ticket cost: 10.7%
Original spending value per ticket: $0.65

Value above ticket cost includes assumed free-ticket value. It is not the chance of making a cash profit.

Free-ticket values and assumptions

FREE $1 TICKET: assumed spending value $1.00.

A ticket prize is valued at its published face amount, or the same game’s ticket price when the source only says Ticket or Free Ticket. This estimates spending value; a ticket prize is not cash income.

Profit probability in this scenario treats assumed ticket spending value as a return and is not the chance of a cash profit.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

From the official source

The lottery’s prize table

Prize amounts and reported counts from the lottery. Calculated totals and source-estimated counts are labeled.

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Prize amounts and counts from this report. Current odds and average payout contributions, where shown, are estimates.
Prize	Original prizes	Prizes already paid
FREE $1 TICKET Count sources & details Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 28, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC Response fingerprint `89f1ce971ecae6728cbaab843d2be064920d6258fababfab2610300cbf6a2f14`	889,606	0
$2 Count sources & details Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 28, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC Response fingerprint `89f1ce971ecae6728cbaab843d2be064920d6258fababfab2610300cbf6a2f14`	463,325	0
$5 Count sources & details Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 28, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC Response fingerprint `89f1ce971ecae6728cbaab843d2be064920d6258fababfab2610300cbf6a2f14`	213,108	0
$10 Count sources & details Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 28, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC Response fingerprint `89f1ce971ecae6728cbaab843d2be064920d6258fababfab2610300cbf6a2f14`	74,108	0
$20 Count sources & details Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 28, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC Response fingerprint `89f1ce971ecae6728cbaab843d2be064920d6258fababfab2610300cbf6a2f14`	27,803	0
$40 Count sources & details Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 28, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC Response fingerprint `89f1ce971ecae6728cbaab843d2be064920d6258fababfab2610300cbf6a2f14`	9,865	0
$100 Count sources & details Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 28, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC Response fingerprint `89f1ce971ecae6728cbaab843d2be064920d6258fababfab2610300cbf6a2f14`	2,156	0
$500 Count sources & details Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 28, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC Response fingerprint `89f1ce971ecae6728cbaab843d2be064920d6258fababfab2610300cbf6a2f14`	30	0

About the estimates

Methodology & source

Each lottery publishes different information. We use the available game data and stated assumptions to estimate average payouts and tickets left. An unclaimed prize count is not a count of tickets still for sale.

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