2 of 3
top prizes of $10,000 still out there
Ticket price$2
Top prize$10,000
Launch odds1 in 4.53
Prizes remaining (all tiers)310,870
Est. tickets left
≈40%
Birthday Surprise is a $2 scratch-off from the New Jersey Lottery (game #01904) with a top prize of $10,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.53 at launch. 1 of 3 top prizes is gone, 2 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 40% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 310,870 prizes are still out there (it started with 781,715).
"Birthday Surprise" is on the back half of its run, with about a third of its tickets still out there. Games late in their run get interesting when the prizes outlast the tickets; early ones are mostly a bet on the design. Here, the top prizes are hanging on while the tickets disappear — the good kind of lopsided. If you're a regular on this game, bookmark it — this write-up refreshes with every morning's data.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | 2 | 3 |
| $1,000 | 11 | 24 |
| $500 | 50 | 120 |
| $100 | 627 | 1,767 |
| $50 | 2,496 | 7,019 |
| $20 | 19,641 | 53,086 |
| $10 | 42,726 | 112,114 |
| $5 | 51,363 | 129,754 |
| $4 | 56,470 | 141,674 |
| 🎟️ Free Ticket | 137,484 | 336,154 |
Prize counts come straight from official New Jersey lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
2 of the 3 top prizes of $10,000 are still unclaimed, according to official New Jersey lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Birthday Surprise is a $2 scratch-off. It is game #01904 from the New Jersey Lottery.
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.
Prize counts come straight from official New Jersey lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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