New Jersey · Game #01825 · Updated Sep 1, 2026

Birthday Surprise $2 New Jersey Scratch-Off: Prizes Remaining

Birthday Surprise is a $2 scratch-off from the New Jersey Lottery (game #01825) with overall odds of 1 in 4.53 at launch. All 3 top prizes of $10,000 have been claimed — none are left to win. The biggest prize still out there is $1,000, with 2 unclaimed, and an estimated 19% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 149,211 prizes are still out there (it started with 774,657).

Birthday Surprise New Jersey scratch-off ticket
All 3 gone
top prizes of $10,000 — none left to win
Ticket price$2
Top prize$10,000
Launch odds1 in 4.53
Prizes remaining (all tiers)149,211
Est. tickets left ≈19%

The daily read · Sep 1, 2026

What's actually left to win

Skip the headlines and read the board itself: the most common win still out there on "Birthday Surprise" is a free ticket, and the second-biggest prize left is $500 — twenty of those are still unclaimed. A scratcher IS its prize table, and this page keeps the whole thing counted, level by level. Every line of Birthday Surprise's prize table below is today's tally, not last month's.

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Full prize table

PrizeStill out thereStarted with
$10,000 0 gone 3
$1,000 2
24
$500 20
120
$100 221
1,741
$50 956
6,937
$20 8,378
52,592
$10 19,015
111,082
$5 24,419
128,620
$4 27,233
140,308
🎟️ Free Ticket 68,967
333,230
🔒 Is this one still worth buying? Ticket value, SmartScratcher Score, and best-in-state rankings for Birthday Surprise are in the app.

Prize counts come straight from official New Jersey lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.

Quick answers

How many top prizes are left on Birthday Surprise in New Jersey?

All 3 top prizes of $10,000 have been claimed, according to official New Jersey lottery data from Sep 1, 2026. The biggest prize still unclaimed is $1,000, with 2 left — see the full table above for every tier.

How much does a Birthday Surprise ticket cost?

Birthday Surprise is a $2 scratch-off. It is game #01825 from the New Jersey Lottery.

What are the odds of winning on Birthday Surprise?

The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.53, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.

How fresh is this data?

Prize counts come straight from official New Jersey lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.

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