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Poor valueActiveLots of Cash · $5 · New Mexico Lottery
Lots of Cash: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.83 on average.
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#6 of 11 · $5 NM games
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#6 of 11 · $5 NM games
Lots of Cash is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.6%, down 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 58.2%. 2 of the original 3 $10000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
56.6%
expected return
1 in 3.86
odds of any win
2 of 3
$10K top prizes left
61%
claimed · 304k of 499k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 50,563 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 48,779 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.83 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$2.72 · 54.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.11 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
50,559 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
499k
tickets printed
304k
tickets claimed · 61%
195k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
39%
67% of top prizes remain with only 39% 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
#6 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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