Poker Nights is a $5 scratch-off from the New Jersey Lottery (game #01986) with a top prize of $150,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.3 at launch. 1 of 4 top prizes is gone, 3 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 74% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 836,224 prizes are still out there (it started with 1,134,268).
Fresh news on "Poker Nights": one top prize of $150,000 was claimed four days ago. That leaves three of the original four still hiding in the unsold stack. When you're sizing up a scratcher, that top-prize count is the first thing worth checking — and it just moved. The numbers get re-crunched every morning, and this page moves with them.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $150,000 | 3 | 4 |
| $2,500 | 34 | 40 |
| $500 | 649 | 882 |
| $200 | 1,354 | 1,851 |
| $100 | 13,690 | 18,666 |
| $50 | 41,903 | 57,116 |
| $20 | 179,110 | 243,715 |
| $10 | 299,132 | 405,924 |
| 🎟️ Free Ticket | 300,349 | 406,070 |
Prize counts come straight from official New Jersey lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
3 of the 4 top prizes of $150,000 are still unclaimed, according to official New Jersey lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Poker Nights is a $5 scratch-off. It is game #01986 from the New Jersey Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.3, 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.
Prize counts are just the start. SmartScratcher turns them into a ticket value, a 0–100 score, and a straight answer for every game — so you skip the picked-clean ones and play the good ones.
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