Year Of The Horse — $5 New Jersey Scratch-Off #01950
Year Of The Horse (#01950) is a $5 New Jersey scratch-off launched on December 31, 2025. As of September 22, 2026 it ranks #34 of 67 active games on current payout (69.0%, $3.45 expected back per ticket) and #8 of 20 $5 games, #31 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.10) and #51 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,728,300). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.0 points (70.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.0% (1 in 4.10 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $200,000 remain, and we estimate 1,728,300 tickets are still unsold (63.7% sold). That is below average for New Jersey; the New Jersey ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Year Of The Horse, 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, 421,081 of 1,160,656 prizes (36.3%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,587,360 | 1 in 1,728,300 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33.3% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 264,560 | 1 in 216,037 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 44.4% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 122,105 | 1 in 123,450 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 35.9% |
| $500 | 1 in 9,374 | 1 in 9,990 | 508 | 335 | 173 | 34.1% |
| $100 | 1 in 468.3 | 1 in 487.5 | 10,169 | 6,624 | 3,545 | 34.9% |
| $50 | 1 in 122.9 | 1 in 127.5 | 38,754 | 25,200 | 13,554 | 35.0% |
| $20 | 1 in 15.0 | 1 in 15.3 | 317,472 | 204,603 | 112,869 | 35.6% |
| $10 | 1 in 10.0 | 1 in 10.0 | 476,195 | 303,666 | 172,529 | 36.2% |
| FREE $5 TICKETfree ticket | 1 in 15.0 | 1 in 14.6 | 317,498 | 199,110 | 118,388 | 37.3% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.10 | 1 in 4.10 | 1,160,656 | 739,575 | 421,081 | 36.3% |
How Year Of The Horse has moved
Recent claims of $1,000 and up
- September 13, 2026: 2 $200,000 prizes were claimed; 1 remain.
- September 13, 2026: 10 $5,000 prizes were claimed; 8 remain.
- September 13, 2026: 25 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 14 remain.
- September 10, 2026: 2 $200,000 prizes were claimed; 1 remain.
- September 10, 2026: 10 $5,000 prizes were claimed; 8 remain.
- September 10, 2026: 25 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 14 remain.
- September 9, 2026: 2 $200,000 prizes were claimed; 1 remain.
- September 9, 2026: 10 $5,000 prizes were claimed; 8 remain.
- September 9, 2026: 25 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 14 remain.
Year Of The Horse: common questions
- How many $200,000 prizes are left in Year Of The Horse?
- 1 of 3 as of September 22, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,728,300.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Year Of The Horse?
- 1 in 4.10 today, compared with 1 in 4.10 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.69, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 5.71.
- Is Year Of The Horse worth buying?
- Its current payout is 69.0% ($3.45 back per $5 ticket), rank #34 of 67 in New Jersey. The best $5 alternative today is Ca$h Money (#01984, $5) at 73.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Year Of The Horse tickets are left?
- We estimate 1,728,300 of roughly 4,762,080 printed tickets are unsold (63.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Year Of The Horse launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on December 31, 2025. It is still on sale.
Other $5 New Jersey scratch-offs
- Ca$h Money — 73.1% payout, 1 in 3.94 any prize
- $500 Cash Craze — 72.4% payout, 1 in 4.33 any prize
- Emerald 7's — 71.1% payout, 1 in 4.13 any prize
- Super Crossword — 70.2% payout, 1 in 4.17 any prize
- Wild Side — 69.4% payout, 1 in 4.10 any prize