How many $500,000 prizes are left in The Shore Thing?

1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,217,860.

What are the odds of winning anything on The Shore Thing?

1 in 3.91 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.96 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 7.35, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 7.38.

Is The Shore Thing worth buying?

Its current payout is 70.5% ($7.05 back per $10 ticket), rank #23 of 57 in New Jersey. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Disco Dollarfest (#01951, $10) at 75.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many The Shore Thing tickets are left?

We estimate 1,217,860 of roughly 3,705,780 printed tickets are unsold (67.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did The Shore Thing launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on May 23, 2025. It is still on sale.

The Shore Thing — $10 New Jersey Scratch-Off #01920

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:10 UTC · launched May 23, 2025

The Shore Thing New Jersey scratch-off ticket

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The Shore Thing (#01920) is a $10 New Jersey scratch-off launched on May 23, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #23 of 57 active games on current payout (70.5%, $7.05 expected back per ticket) and #7 of 13 $10 games, #19 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.91) and #30 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,217,860). Since launch the payout has risen 0.0 points (70.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 1.4% (1 in 3.96 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $500,000 remain, and we estimate 1,217,860 tickets are still unsold (67.1% 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

70.5%

70.5% at launch

Expected value

$7.05

per $10 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.91

1 in 3.96 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 7.35

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.38

win more than $10

$600+ odds

1 in 135,318

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

1 of 3

$500,000 each

Tickets remaining

32.9%

≈ 1,217,860 tickets

Last top prize claimed: September 9, 2025, 411 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in The Shore Thing, 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, 311,801 of 935,322 prizes (33.3%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$500,000	1 in 1,235,260	1 in 1,217,860	3	2	1	33.3%
$5,000	1 in 308,815	1 in 304,465	12	8	4	33.3%
$2,000	1 in 308,815	1 in 304,465	12	8	4	33.3%
$500	1 in 2,116	1 in 2,183	1,751	1,193	558	31.9%
$200	1 in 1,288	1 in 1,324	2,877	1,957	920	32.0%
$100	1 in 74.2	1 in 75.3	49,958	33,778	16,180	32.4%
$50	1 in 26.6	1 in 26.8	139,489	94,054	45,435	32.6%
$30	1 in 60.0	1 in 60.0	61,752	41,466	20,286	32.9%
$20	1 in 15.0	1 in 14.9	247,052	165,446	81,606	33.0%
FREE $10 TICKETfree ticket	1 in 8.57	1 in 8.30	432,416	285,609	146,807	34.0%
All prizes	1 in 3.96	1 in 3.91	935,322	623,521	311,801	33.3%

How The Shore Thing has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking The Shore Thing. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 10, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 4 remain.
September 9, 2025: one $500,000 prize was claimed; 1 remain.
September 4, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 5 remain.
August 24, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 6 remain.
August 18, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 7 remain.
August 16, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 8 remain.
August 11, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 8 remain.
August 8, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
August 1, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 10 remain.
July 28, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
July 15, 2025: one $500,000 prize was claimed; 2 remain.
June 25, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 11 remain.

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

The Shore Thing: common questions

How many $500,000 prizes are left in The Shore Thing?: 1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,217,860.
What are the odds of winning anything on The Shore Thing?: 1 in 3.91 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.96 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 7.35, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 7.38.
Is The Shore Thing worth buying?: Its current payout is 70.5% ($7.05 back per $10 ticket), rank #23 of 57 in New Jersey. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Disco Dollarfest (#01951, $10) at 75.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many The Shore Thing tickets are left?: We estimate 1,217,860 of roughly 3,705,780 printed tickets are unsold (67.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did The Shore Thing launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on May 23, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $10 New Jersey scratch-offs

Disco Dollarfest — 75.4% payout, 1 in 3.52 any prize
$250,000 Crossword — 73.8% payout, 1 in 3.60 any prize
$1,000,000 Spectacular — 73.2% payout, 1 in 3.79 any prize
$250,000 Crossword — 71.5% payout, 1 in 4.02 any prize
50X Cash Blitz — 71.0% payout, 1 in 3.70 any prize

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