Birthday Surprise — $2 New Jersey Scratch-Off #01904
Birthday Surprise (#01904) is a $2 New Jersey scratch-off launched on July 23, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #56 of 57 active games on current payout (59.7%, $1.19 expected back per ticket) and #6 of 6 $2 games, #49 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.84) and #10 on top-prize odds (1 in 606,831). Since launch the payout has fallen 6.8 points (66.6% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 6.5% (1 in 4.53 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $10,000 remain, and we estimate 1,213,663 tickets are still unsold (65.7% sold). That is below average for New Jersey; the New Jersey ranking lists show better payouts, including at $2.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Birthday Surprise, 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, 250,537 of 781,715 prizes (32.0%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | 1 in 1,180,000 | 1 in 606,831 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 66.7% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 147,500 | 1 in 151,708 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 33.3% |
| $500 | 1 in 29,500 | 1 in 30,342 | 120 | 80 | 40 | 33.3% |
| $100 | 1 in 2,003 | 1 in 2,593 | 1,767 | 1,299 | 468 | 26.5% |
| $50 | 1 in 504.3 | 1 in 628.2 | 7,019 | 5,087 | 1,932 | 27.5% |
| $20 | 1 in 66.7 | 1 in 78.9 | 53,086 | 37,700 | 15,386 | 29.0% |
| $10 | 1 in 31.6 | 1 in 35.9 | 112,114 | 78,312 | 33,802 | 30.1% |
| $5 | 1 in 27.3 | 1 in 29.3 | 129,754 | 88,333 | 41,421 | 31.9% |
| $4 | 1 in 25.0 | 1 in 26.7 | 141,674 | 96,149 | 45,525 | 32.1% |
| FREE $2 TICKETfree ticket | 1 in 21.4 | 1 in 22.4 | 165,160 | 110,865 | 54,295 | 32.9% |
| FREE $2 TICKETfree ticket | 1 in 20.7 | 1 in 21.0 | 170,994 | 113,336 | 57,658 | 33.7% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.53 | 1 in 4.84 | 781,715 | 531,178 | 250,537 | 32.0% |
How Birthday Surprise has moved
Recent claims of $1,000 and up
- October 14, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 8 remain.
- October 7, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
- September 22, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 23 remain.
Birthday Surprise: common questions
- How many $10,000 prizes are left in Birthday Surprise?
- 2 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 606,831.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Birthday Surprise?
- 1 in 4.84 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.53 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 8.81, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 8.76.
- Is Birthday Surprise worth buying?
- Its current payout is 59.7% ($1.19 back per $2 ticket), rank #56 of 57 in New Jersey. The best $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Money Mania (#01983, $2) at 66.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Birthday Surprise tickets are left?
- We estimate 1,213,663 of roughly 3,540,000 printed tickets are unsold (65.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Birthday Surprise launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on July 23, 2025. It is still on sale.
Other $2 New Jersey scratch-offs
- Big Money Spectacular — 79.4% payout, 1 in 3.49 any prize
- Money Mania — 66.2% payout, 1 in 4.29 any prize
- Big Money Spectacular — 66.0% payout, 1 in 4.75 any prize
- It Takes 2 — 63.5% payout, 1 in 4.53 any prize
- Sapphire 7's — 62.3% payout, 1 in 4.85 any prize