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Poor valueActiveFast Cash · $2 · New Mexico Lottery
Fast Cash: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.92 on average.
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $2 NM games
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $2 NM games
Fast Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 46.0%, down 8.0 percentage points from the launch value of 54.0%. 10 of the original 20 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 36% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
46.0%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
10 of 20
$500 top prizes left
36%
claimed · 177k of 496k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 69,885 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 31,879 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.92 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$0.92 · 46.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
69,885 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
36% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
496k
tickets printed
177k
tickets claimed · 36%
319k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
64%
50% of top prizes remain with 64% 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
#3 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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