New Jersey lottery wheels
New Jersey has 2 lotto-style games: New Jersey Pick-6 and Jersey Cash 5. It also sells Powerball, Mega Millions and Millionaire for Life. Choose a game to mark your numbers and see what each wheel guarantees, or read on for how the New Jersey games compare and how to play a wheel there.
New Jersey lotto games compared
| Game | Numbers | Per line | Draws a week | Top prize | Top prize odds | A small wheel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Pick-6 | 6 of 46 | $2 | 3 | Jackpot, from $2 million | 1 in 9,366,819 | 10 numbers, 10 tickets, $20 a draw; comes into play on 1 in 9.4 draws |
| Jersey Cash 5 | 5 of 45 + drawn BULLSEYE | $2 | 7 | Jackpot, from $150,000 | 1 in 1,221,759 | 10 numbers, 17 tickets, $34 a draw; comes into play on 1 in 15 draws |
* The smallest wheel that guarantees a three-number match whenever three of the winning numbers are among the ones you mark. Each game's page has bigger and smaller wheels.
Which New Jersey game suits a wheel?
- For a guarantee that comes into play most often: New Jersey Pick-6. With 10 of its 46 numbers marked, three winning numbers land among yours on 1 in 9.4 draws, about once every 3 weeks.
- For the longest odds and usually the biggest top prize: New Jersey Pick-6, at 1 in 9,366,819 per line.
Buying tickets in New Jersey
- Tickets are sold in stores, not online.
- Ticket courier services are allowed in New Jersey.
- The lottery's app can turn your numbers into a digital playslip, a QR code the retailer scans. That's the quickest way to enter a wheel's lines.
- To play a wheel in a store, copy each line onto an official playslip, or read your lines to the clerk.
For official rules, results and retailers, visit the New Jersey Lottery. LotteryWheels.com is independent and not part of the New Jersey Lottery.
National games in New Jersey
Cash4Life ended in February 2026; New Jersey now sells Millionaire for Life.
Other New Jersey Lottery games
The New Jersey Lottery also runs Pick-3, Pick-4, Quick Draw, Cash Pop and Fast Play. Wheels don't apply to those: they only help with games where you pick several numbers from one pool.