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Weak valueActiveCash Games · $5 · New Mexico Lottery
Cash Games: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.24 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $5 NM games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $5 NM games
Cash Games is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.8%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 64.6%. 3 of the original 3 $15000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 15% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
64.8%
expected return
1 in 3.61
odds of any win
3 of 3
$15K top prizes left
15%
claimed · 56k of 364k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 85,394 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 11,839 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.24 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.07 · 61.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $15K
$0.17 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
85,385 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
15% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
364k
tickets printed
56k
tickets claimed · 15%
308k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
85%
100% of top prizes remain with only 85% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
New Mexico Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 NM peers
#2 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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