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Poor valueActiveCreepy Cash · $2 · New Mexico Lottery
Creepy Cash: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.42 on average.
▼ -34.5 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $2 NM games
▼ -34.5 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $2 NM games
Creepy Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 21.0%, down 34.5 percentage points from the launch value of 55.5%. 1 of the original 20 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
21.0%
expected return
1 in 3.81
odds of any win
1 of 20
$500 top prizes left
71%
claimed · 177k of 248k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 8,776 winning tickets still unclaimed.
6 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
6 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
88 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 70,899 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$0.42 · 21.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
8,776 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
248k
tickets printed
177k
tickets claimed · 71%
71k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
5%
Tickets left
29%
5% of top prizes remain with 29% 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 $2 NM peers
#8 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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