$1,000,000 Payday
$1,000,000 Payday is a $30 New Jersey scratch-off, game #2001. The $1,000,000* top prize launched at 1 in 1,029,858. Right now 9 of 9 of those top prizes are still sitting unclaimed.
- Ticket price
- $30
- Top prize
- $1,000,000*
- Top prizes left
- 9 / 9
- Launch odds
- 1 in 1,029,858
- Print run
- 9,268,720
- Odds now 🔒
- 1 in •••Members
The full prize breakdown for $1,000,000 Payday
Every prize level, the launch odds printed on the ticket, and how many prizes are still unclaimed. That is the complete public picture, the same numbers New Jersey reports. The one thing we hold back is the odds recalculated for today, which is the members number.
| Prize | Launch odds | Odds now 🔒 | Prizes left |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000* | 1 in 1,029,858 | 1 in •••🔒 | 9 / 9 |
| $50,000 | 1 in 772,393 | 1 in •••🔒 | 9 / 12 |
| $10,000 | 1 in 514,929 | 1 in •••🔒 | 15 / 18 |
| $5,000 | 1 in 126,969 | 1 in •••🔒 | 68 / 73 |
| $2,000 | 1 in 29,899 | 1 in •••🔒 | 279 / 310 |
| $500 | 1 in 301 | 1 in •••🔒 | 27,761 / 30,844 |
| $300 | 1 in 171 | 1 in •••🔒 | 48,876 / 54,351 |
| $250 | 1 in 96 | 1 in •••🔒 | 86,805 / 96,478 |
| $200 | 1 in 75 | 1 in •••🔒 | 111,036 / 123,556 |
| $100 | 1 in 18 | 1 in •••🔒 | 452,813 / 503,595 |
| $50 | 1 in 9 | 1 in •••🔒 | 937,877 / 1,042,755 |
| FREE $30 TICKET | 1 in 13 | 1 in •••🔒 | 625,762 / 695,106 |
The launch odds above are printed on the ticket and never change. What changes every day is the real odds, once you count the prizes and tickets still left. Members see that recalculated number for every tier here, plus our buy or skip call and where this game ranks against the rest of the board.
Launch odds vs. real odds on $1,000,000 Payday
The odds printed on $1,000,000 Payday were set the day it went to print and they never move. The real odds do, every single day, as prizes get claimed and tickets sell. When the $1,000,000* prizes get scooped up faster than the tickets sell, the real odds on that top prize get worse than what’s on the front. When tickets sell faster than the big prizes go, they get better. With 9 of 9 top prizes still out there, whether $1,000,000 Payday is worth your money comes down to the odds today, and that’s the number members see.
$1,000,000 Payday questions
- Does $1,000,000 Payday still have its top prize?
- Yes. 9 of 9 $1,000,000* top prizes are still unclaimed on $1,000,000 Payday (New Jersey game #2001), going by the latest numbers the New Jersey Lottery reports.
- What are the real odds on $1,000,000 Payday right now?
- The $1,000,000* top prize launched at 1 in 1,029,858, and that is the number printed on the ticket. Those odds were locked in the day the game printed and they never move. The odds that actually matter get recalculated from the prizes and tickets still left today, and that live number is the one members see.
- How much is a $1,000,000 Payday ticket?
- $1,000,000 Payday costs $30 in New Jersey.
- Why doesn't the New Jersey Lottery just tell me this?
- Because the odds printed on the ticket make every game look identical from the day it launches to the day it ends. The lottery has no reason to point out that a game's best prizes are already claimed. We read the remaining-prize data New Jersey publishes every day and do the math they leave out.
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