Are the top prizes in Deep Pockets still available?

No — all 4 top prizes of $200,000 have been claimed, though tickets may still be sold.

What does a Deep Pockets ticket pay back?

You get back about 60¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the New Jersey Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

New Jersey · $5 ticket · #01936

Deep Pockets

Updated today

Top prize is gone — every $200,000 prize has been claimed. A $5 ticket returns about 60¢ on average.

Top prize goneIncludes free-ticket prizes

Pays back per $1 60¢ about 66¢ when the game launched

Top prize $200,000 all claimed

How far along 79% about 79% of tickets already sold · roughly 1.1 million tickets left (estimated) 1 in 4.638 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$200,000	0	4
$500	1,724	8,894
$200	211	1,075
$100	2,586	13,404
$50	2,244	11,225
$40	2,595	13,435
$25	7,131	35,695
$20	17,959	89,416
$10	92,935	447,080
Free ticket	117,589	536,496

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.5980 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.6612 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 4.638
Estimated tickets printed: 5,364,886
Estimated tickets remaining: 1,148,297
Estimated fraction sold: 0.7860
Game number: #01936

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

Source: the New Jersey Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.