TRENTON (December 30, 2025) – The New Jersey Lottery’s Green Ball promotion will return for Pick-3’s evening drawings from January 5 through February 1.

Nightly after the evening’s Pick-3 drawing concludes, an additional drawing will be held from a separate machine that holds six white balls and one Green Ball. One of the following scenarios will then happen:

• If a white ball is drawn, it will be removed from the next night’s Green Ball drawing. A white ball will be removed after each nightly Green Ball drawing until a Green Ball is selected.
• When a Green Ball is selected, a subsequent Pick-3 drawing is held, giving players a free chance with their same set of numbers.
• Once the Green Ball is selected, all six white balls and the one Green Ball will be added back for the next night’s process.

View this video to see the process in action.

The New Jersey Lottery’s homepage will let players know the number of white balls remaining for the nightly draw.

All Pick-3 drawings are viewable live on the Lottery’s Youtube channel.

More About the New Jersey Lottery

Since its inception in 1970, the Lottery has contributed nearly $34.7 billion to the State, helping to support many worthwhile programs and services. Lottery profits currently help bolster the public employee pension system under a 30-year agreement signed into law in 2017.