The current odds of winning any prize on $500 Cash Craze are 1 in 4.68 (21.38%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $200,000 top prize.

Yes. 3 of the 4 $200,000 top prizes have been claimed, and 1 is still unclaimed, as of Nov 5, 2026. We estimate about 20% of the game's 5,436,900 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. $500 Cash Craze is on sale at New Jersey Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 18 $5 New Jersey scratch-offs on sale, $500 Cash Craze ranks #16 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.68 tickets winning at least the $5 ticket price back or a free ticket. Right now the $5 game with the best odds of breaking even is Holiday Dough, where 1 in 4.02 tickets wins at least $5 back.

$500 Cash Craze has 10 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $200,000 at 1 in 1,071,004 (1 of 4 left); $500+ at 1 in 671 (1,595 of 9,231 left); $200+ at 1 in 601 (185 of 1,092 left); $100+ at 1 in 228 (2,911 of 16,494 left); $50+ at 1 in 107 (5,351 of 30,026 left); $40+ at 1 in 85.1 (2,540 of 14,383 left); $25+ at 1 in 56 (6,558 of 36,236 left); $20+ at 1 in 30 (16,535 of 90,615 left); $10+ at 1 in 8.85 (85,397 of 453,075 left); Free ticket at 1 in 4.68 (107,918 of 543,690 left).

The odds of winning at least your $5 back on one $500 Cash Craze ticket are 1 in 4.68 (21.38%), counting free-ticket prizes. The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 8.85 (11.30%).

$500 Cash Craze costs $5 per ticket. It is sold at authorized New Jersey Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — New Jersey instant games and New Jersey scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The New Jersey Lottery lists them under "Scratch-Offs" on its own site. "Instant Games" is simply what most players in New Jersey call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. In New Jersey, "instant games" and "instant tickets" mean these same paper tickets you buy at a retailer — not the lottery's online games. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

$500 Cash Craze, a $5 New Jersey scratch-off, was released on Mar 24, 2026 by the New Jersey Lottery.