Bits & Odds

Mega Hot 7's — $20 New Jersey Scratch-Off #01903

Data captured · launched January 30, 2025

Mega Hot 7's (#01903) is a $20 New Jersey scratch-off launched on January 30, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #14 of 57 active games on current payout (72.9%, $14.57 expected back per ticket) and #5 of 8 $20 games, #13 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.82) and #50 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,891,181). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.1 points (73.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 0.7% (1 in 3.84 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $1,000,000* remain, and we estimate 2,891,181 tickets are still unsold (60.5% 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
72.9%
73.0% at launch
Expected value
$14.57
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.82
1 in 3.84 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 6.22
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 6.23
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 12,681
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
1 of 3
$1,000,000* each
Tickets remaining
39.5%
≈ 2,891,181 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Mega Hot 7's, 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, 757,823 of 1,905,275 prizes (39.8%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$1,000,000* 1 in 2,439,133 1 in 2,891,181 3 2 1 33.3%
$10,000 1 in 109,215 1 in 96,373 67 37 30 44.8%
$2,000 1 in 14,813 1 in 14,676 494 297 197 39.9%
$500 1 in 258.5 1 in 258.7 28,312 17,136 11,176 39.5%
$200 1 in 159.0 1 in 159.6 46,027 27,910 18,117 39.4%
$100 1 in 26.6 1 in 26.6 275,369 166,852 108,517 39.4%
$50 1 in 20.0 1 in 19.9 365,870 220,859 145,011 39.6%
$40 1 in 16.0 1 in 16.0 457,344 276,199 181,145 39.6%
FREE $20 TICKETfree ticket 1 in 10.00 1 in 9.85 731,789 438,160 293,629 40.1%
All prizes1 in 3.841 in 3.82 1,905,2751,147,452 757,82339.8%

How Mega Hot 7's has moved

70% 73% 75% Feb 2025Jul 2025Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Mega Hot 7's. 121 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.

Mega Hot 7's: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Mega Hot 7's?
1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,891,181.
What are the odds of winning anything on Mega Hot 7's?
1 in 3.82 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.84 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 6.22, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 6.23.
Is Mega Hot 7's worth buying?
Its current payout is 72.9% ($14.57 back per $20 ticket), rank #14 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 Mega Hot 7's tickets are left?
We estimate 2,891,181 of roughly 7,317,400 printed tickets are unsold (60.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Mega Hot 7's launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on January 30, 2025. It is still on sale.

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