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Pocket Change — $1 New Jersey Scratch-Off #01937

Data captured · launched June 19, 2025 · sales ended, claim by May 5, 2027

Pocket Change New Jersey scratch-off ticket

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Pocket Change (#01937) is a $1 New Jersey scratch-off launched on June 19, 2025 that can no longer be bought, only claimed. Its sales ended on March 24, 2026. Winning tickets can be claimed until May 5, 2027; after that the prize is forfeited, however large. As of October 25, 2026, 16 of 143 top prizes of $500 are still unclaimed, and 282,930 prizes in all. If you hold one of its tickets, check it now; if you are looking for a ticket to buy, the New Jersey scratch-offs on sale are ranked by what they pay back.

Claim by
May 5, 2027
then prizes are forfeited
Sales ended
March 24, 2026
no longer sold
Top prizes unclaimed
16 of 143
$500 each
Prizes unclaimed
282,930
of 1,943,894 at launch
Unclaimed prize money
$723,356
at face value, all tiers

Prizes still unclaimed

Every prize level in Pocket Change and how much of each is still unclaimed. The game is no longer sold, so there are no odds to quote: these prizes can only go to a ticket already bought. Across all tiers, 282,930 of 1,943,894 prizes (14.6%) are still out there.

Prize TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$500 143 127 16 11.2%
$100 1,843 1,646 197 10.7%
$40 10,743 9,619 1,124 10.5%
$20 42,914 38,063 4,851 11.3%
$10 85,826 75,644 10,182 11.9%
$5 214,576 186,904 27,672 12.9%
$2 514,927 440,319 74,608 14.5%
FREE $1 TICKETfree ticket 1,072,922 908,642 164,280 15.3%
All prizes 1,943,8941,660,964 282,93014.6%

How Pocket Change has moved

63% 67% 70% Jun 2025Sep 2025Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Pocket Change. 121 daily readings.

Pocket Change: common questions

Can I still buy Pocket Change?
No. Its sales ended on March 24, 2026. It launched on June 19, 2025. A ticket bought before the end can still win any prize the game has left.
When is the last day to claim a prize on Pocket Change?
May 5, 2027. After that a winning ticket is worth nothing, however large the prize.
How many $500 prizes are still unclaimed in Pocket Change?
16 of 143, in the last figures New Jersey published (October 25, 2026). They are claimable only by a ticket already sold.
How many Pocket Change prizes are unclaimed in all?
282,930 of 1,943,894, across every prize level. Most are small prizes on tickets that were never checked or never sold.

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