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$1 Million Premier Ca$h — $20 New Jersey Scratch-Off #01974

Data captured · launched April 29, 2026

$1 Million Premier Ca$h (#01974) is a $20 New Jersey scratch-off launched on April 29, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #13 of 57 active games on current payout (73.1%, $14.62 expected back per ticket) and #4 of 8 $20 games, #15 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.82) and #43 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,786,061). Since launch the payout has fallen 3.4 points (76.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 5.5% (1 in 3.61 at launch). 3 of 3 top prizes of $1,000,000* remain, and we estimate 5,358,184 tickets are still unsold (32.2% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout
73.1%
76.5% at launch
Expected value
$14.62
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.82
1 in 3.61 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 6.04
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 6.00
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 21,781
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
3 of 3
$1,000,000* each
Tickets remaining
67.8%
≈ 5,358,184 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $1 Million Premier Ca$h, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other New Jersey game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 1,400,915 of 2,188,173 prizes (64.0%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$1,000,000* 1 in 2,635,433 1 in 1,786,061 3 0 3 100.0%
$10,000 1 in 161,353 1 in 178,606 49 19 30 61.2%
$2,000 1 in 24,252 1 in 25,156 326 113 213 65.3%
$500 1 in 323.5 1 in 344.6 24,442 8,894 15,548 63.6%
$200 1 in 116.0 1 in 123.2 68,163 24,660 43,503 63.8%
$100 1 in 25.0 1 in 26.5 316,260 114,153 202,107 63.9%
$50 1 in 20.0 1 in 21.2 395,315 142,782 252,533 63.9%
$40 1 in 13.3 1 in 14.1 592,960 214,133 378,827 63.9%
FREE $20 TICKETfree ticket 1 in 10.00 1 in 10.5 790,655 282,504 508,151 64.3%
All prizes1 in 3.611 in 3.82 2,188,173787,258 1,400,91564.0%

How $1 Million Premier Ca$h has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $1 Million Premier Ca$h. 49 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

$1 Million Premier Ca$h: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in $1 Million Premier Ca$h?
3 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,786,061.
What are the odds of winning anything on $1 Million Premier Ca$h?
1 in 3.82 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.61 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 6.04, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.00.
Is $1 Million Premier Ca$h worth buying?
Its current payout is 73.1% ($14.62 back per $20 ticket), rank #13 of 57 in New Jersey. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Black Opal 7's (#01991, $20) at 77.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $1 Million Premier Ca$h tickets are left?
We estimate 5,358,184 of roughly 7,906,300 printed tickets are unsold (32.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $1 Million Premier Ca$h launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on April 29, 2026. It is still on sale.

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