Loose Change — $1 New Jersey Scratch-Off #01890
Loose Change (#01890) was a $1 New Jersey scratch-off. Its final figures, from August 4, 2025, were 69.2% payout ($0.69 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.61 for any prize and 1 in 68,235 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 4.2 points (65.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 22.3% (1 in 4.42 at launch). 12 of 145 top prizes of $500 were never claimed, and we estimate 90.5% of its tickets had sold. Loose Change is no longer on sale in New Jersey; the figures below are final as of August 4, 2025.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Loose Change, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 226,825 of 1,959,003 prizes (11.6%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 59,648 | 1 in 68,235 | 145 | 133 | 12 | 8.3% |
| $100 | 1 in 4,650 | 1 in 5,283 | 1,860 | 1,705 | 155 | 8.3% |
| $40 | 1 in 794.7 | 1 in 932.6 | 10,883 | 10,005 | 878 | 8.1% |
| $20 | 1 in 200.0 | 1 in 232.2 | 43,245 | 39,718 | 3,527 | 8.2% |
| $10 | 1 in 99.9 | 1 in 105.6 | 86,547 | 78,792 | 7,755 | 9.0% |
| $5 | 1 in 40.0 | 1 in 38.0 | 216,054 | 194,482 | 21,572 | 10.0% |
| $2 | 1 in 16.7 | 1 in 13.4 | 519,021 | 457,945 | 61,076 | 11.8% |
| FREE $1 TICKETfree ticket | 1 in 8.00 | 1 in 6.21 | 1,081,248 | 949,398 | 131,850 | 12.2% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.42 | 1 in 3.61 | 1,959,003 | 1,732,178 | 226,825 | 11.6% |
How Loose Change has moved
Loose Change: common questions
- How many $500 prizes are left in Loose Change?
- 12 of 145 as of October 2, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 68,235.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Loose Change?
- 1 in 3.61 today, compared with 1 in 4.42 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.61, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 8.62.
- Is Loose Change worth buying?
- Its current payout is 69.2% ($0.69 back per $1 ticket), rank #— of 59 in New Jersey. The best $1 alternative today is Loose Change (#01978, $1) at 66.3%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Loose Change tickets are left?
- We estimate 818,814 of roughly 8,649,984 printed tickets are unsold (90.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Loose Change launch and is it still on sale?
- We first saw it on February 22, 2025. It has ended.
Other $1 New Jersey scratch-offs
- Loose Change — 66.3% payout, 1 in 4.18 any prize