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Poor valueActiveCool Cat · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
Cool Cat: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.18 on average.
▼ -35.0 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $1 NM games
▼ -35.0 pts vs launch#9 of 9 · $1 NM games
Cool Cat is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 18.0%, down 35.0 percentage points from the launch value of 53.0%. 1 of the original 7 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
18.0%
expected return
1 in 4.73
odds of any win
1 of 7
$500 top prizes left
58%
claimed · 357k of 618k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 26,142 winning tickets still unclaimed.
4 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
90 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 260,227 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.18 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.18 · 18.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
26,142 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
58% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
618k
tickets printed
357k
tickets claimed · 58%
260k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
14%
Tickets left
42%
14% of top prizes remain with 42% 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 $1 NM peers
#9 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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