3 of 4
top prizes of $20,000 still out there
Ticket price$2
Top prize$20,000
Launch odds1 in 4.64
Prizes remaining (all tiers)661,488
Est. tickets left
≈60%
Sapphire 7's is a $2 scratch-off from the New Jersey Lottery (game #01988) with a top prize of $20,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.64 at launch. 1 of 4 top prizes is gone, 3 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 60% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 661,488 prizes are still out there (it started with 1,107,750).
"Sapphire 7's" has gone three weeks without a top prize claim, and tickets kept selling. Only a fixed number of tickets are printed. About a third of the tickets are sold, and every remaining $20,000 prize is still unclaimed. That leaves the same top prizes among fewer tickets.
Everything above about "Sapphire 7's" comes from the New Jersey Lottery's own published numbers. We only do the counting.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $20,000 | 3 | 4 |
| $1,000 | 5 | 6 |
| $500 | 52 | 84 |
| $100 | 1,297 | 2,283 |
| $40 | 4,920 | 8,554 |
| $20 | 40,033 | 68,552 |
| $10 | 100,572 | 171,380 |
| $5 | 173,998 | 291,369 |
| $4 | 112,820 | 188,508 |
| 🎟️ Free Ticket | 227,788 | 377,010 |
Prize counts come straight from official New Jersey lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Oct 18, 2026.
3 of the 4 top prizes of $20,000 are still unclaimed, according to official New Jersey lottery data from Oct 18, 2026.
Sapphire 7's is a $2 scratch-off. It is game #01988 from the New Jersey Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.64, 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 Oct 18, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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