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Poor valueActiveCool Cat · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
Cool Cat: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.20 on average.
▼ -33.0 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $1 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
▼ -33.0 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $1 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
Cool Cat is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 20.0%, down 33.0 percentage points from the launch value of 53.0%. 2 of the original 7 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 57% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
20.0%
expected return
1 in 4.73
odds of any win
2 of 7
$500 top prizes left
57%
claimed · 351k of 618k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 28,018 winning tickets still unclaimed.
4 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
89 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 133,349 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.20 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.20 · 20.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
28,018 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
57% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
618k
tickets printed
351k
tickets claimed · 57%
267k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
29%
Tickets left
43%
29% of top prizes remain with 43% 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
#8 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM.
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