The current odds of winning any prize on $500,000 Lion's Share are 1 in 7 (14.29%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $500,000 top prize.

Yes. 2 of the 3 $500,000 top prizes have been claimed, and 1 is still unclaimed, as of Nov 14, 2026. We estimate about 29% of the game's 3,706,110 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. $500,000 Lion's Share is on sale at New Jersey Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 14 $10 New Jersey scratch-offs on sale, $500,000 Lion's Share ranks #13 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 7 tickets winning at least the $10 ticket price back. Right now the $10 game with the best odds of breaking even is Snow Globe Gold, where 1 in 3.54 tickets wins at least $10 back.

$500,000 Lion's Share has 9 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $500,000 at 1 in 1,068,061 (1 of 3 left); $10,000+ at 1 in 356,020 (2 of 9 left); $2,000+ at 1 in 97,096 (8 of 30 left); $500+ at 1 in 2,132 (490 of 1,706 left); $200+ at 1 in 579 (1,344 of 4,801 left); $100+ at 1 in 53.3 (18,203 of 64,863 left); $50+ at 1 in 22.9 (26,692 of 92,659 left); $40+ at 1 in 13.1 (34,611 of 123,519 left); $20+ at 1 in 7 (71,325 of 247,110 left).

The odds of winning at least your $10 back on one $500,000 Lion's Share ticket are 1 in 7 (14.29%). No prize pays exactly $10, so that is also your chance of winning more than you paid.

$500,000 Lion's Share costs $10 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.

$500,000 Lion's Share, a $10 New Jersey scratch-off, was released on Aug 28, 2025 by the New Jersey Lottery.