17 $2 games ranked · Updated Nov 5, 2026

Best $2 New Jersey scratch-offs,
ranked by the odds

Every active $2 New Jersey Lottery scratch-off, ordered by the overall odds printed on the ticket — best odds first. That printed number never changes after launch, so next to every game we also show how many top prizes it still has left today.

Nutcracker Cash New Jersey scratch-off ticket
🥇 #1 at $2
Nutcracker Cash
1 in 4.22
#61 of all 121 New Jersey games · top prize $10,000
✓ 4 of 4 top prizes left
Holiday Cash Doubler New Jersey scratch-off ticket
🥈 #2 at $2
Holiday Cash Doubler
1 in 4.23
#66 of all 121 New Jersey games · top prize $10,000
⚠️ top prize gone
It's Gold Outside New Jersey scratch-off ticket
🥉 #3 at $2
It's Gold Outside
1 in 4.33
#75 of all 121 New Jersey games · top prize $10,000
✓ 2 of 8 top prizes left

Every $2 game, ranked

# Game Printed odds Top prizes left Est. tickets left
1 Nutcracker Cash #02003 #61 of 121 overall 1 in 4.22 4 of 4
$10,000
≈95%
2 Holiday Cash Doubler #01943 #66 of 121 overall 1 in 4.23 gone
$10,000
≈17%
3 It's Gold Outside #01879 #75 of 121 overall 1 in 4.33 2 of 8
$10,000
≈22%
4 Stacks Of Green #01930 #79 of 121 overall 1 in 4.37 gone
$10,000
≈17%
5 Money Mania #01983 #85 of 121 overall 1 in 4.41 1 of 3
$10,000
≈26%
6 It Takes 2 #01851 #91 of 121 overall 1 in 4.44 3 of 6
$10,000
≈30%
7 America's 250th Anniversary #01966 #94 of 121 overall 1 in 4.48 1 of 6
$10,000
≈13%
8 Birthday Surprise #01904 #95 of 121 overall 1 in 4.53 2 of 3
$10,000
≈30%
9 Electric 8's #01919 #97 of 121 overall 1 in 4.56 1 of 4
$10,000
≈13%
10 10X #01957 #98 of 121 overall 1 in 4.57 1 of 4
$20,000
≈10%
11 Red Hot 7's #01900 #99 of 121 overall 1 in 4.57 gone
$20,000
≈11%
12 Lucky 13 #01909 #101 of 121 overall 1 in 4.61 1 of 4
$10,000
≈13%
13 Cold Cash #01893 #102 of 121 overall 1 in 4.64 1 of 3
$10,000
≈20%
14 Sapphire 7's #01988 #103 of 121 overall 1 in 4.64 3 of 4
$20,000
≈47%
15 Big Money Spectacular #01923 #106 of 121 overall 1 in 4.76 gone
$30,000
≈11%
16 Big Money Spectacular #01964 #107 of 121 overall 1 in 4.76 gone
$30,000
≈12%
17 Big Money Spectacular #01979 #108 of 121 overall 1 in 4.76 5 of 5
$30,000
≈79%
🔒 This is the day-one ranking. The app re-ranks every $2 New Jersey game each morning by what's actually left — ticket value, the SmartScratcher Score, and a straight buy-or-skip answer. Get the app.

Odds and prize counts come from official New Jersey Lottery data, refreshed every morning — last update Nov 5, 2026.

What the printed odds don't say

Every number in the ranking above was printed before a single ticket was sold. From then on, tickets get scratched, prizes come off the board, and the odds on the back of the ticket never update to say so.

Still on sale, top prize gone

Holiday Cash Doubler, Stacks Of Green, Red Hot 7's, Big Money Spectacular, Big Money Spectacular — 5 of the 17 $2 games in this ranking have already lost every top prize. The printed odds on those tickets will never mention it.

Printed odds are half the story. SmartScratcher does the other half: it takes the prizes still on the board today and turns them into a ticket value, a 0–100 score, and a fresh ranking of every $2 New Jersey game each morning — see today's real ranking in the app.

Quick answers

Which $2 New Jersey scratch-off has the best odds right now?

As of Nov 5, 2026, Nutcracker Cash has the best printed overall odds of any active $2 New Jersey scratch-off — 1 in 4.22. It still has 4 of its 4 top prizes of $10,000 unclaimed.

How many $2 scratch-offs does New Jersey have?

New Jersey has 17 active $2 games with published odds as of Nov 5, 2026, all ranked on this page.

Which $2 New Jersey scratch-offs have already lost their top prize?

Holiday Cash Doubler, Stacks Of Green, Red Hot 7's, Big Money Spectacular and Big Money Spectacular. They are still on sale, and the printed odds have not changed, but the biggest prize on the ticket can no longer be won. The table above marks them.

Is the $2 game with the best odds the best $2 ticket to buy?

Not always. The printed odds describe the game on the day it launched. What matters at the counter is what is still left today — how many top prizes remain, and how much of the game has already sold. This page shows both for every $2 New Jersey game. The SmartScratcher app goes one step further: it turns today's remaining prizes into a ticket value and a 0–100 score for each game, by our math, and re-ranks them every morning.

How fresh is this data?

Prize counts come straight from official New Jersey lottery data, last refreshed on Nov 5, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.

These numbers tell you what's left.
The app tells you what's worth it.

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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