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Poor valueActive10X the Cash · $2 · New Mexico Lottery
10X the Cash: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.34 on average.
▼ -34.5 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $2 NM games
▼ -34.5 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $2 NM games
10X the Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 17.0%, down 34.5 percentage points from the launch value of 51.5%. 1 of the original 3 $2000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
17.0%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
1 of 3
$2K top prizes left
66%
claimed · 322k of 486k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 16,612 winning tickets still unclaimed.
5 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
5 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
90 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 164,594 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$0.33 · 16.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.01 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
16,611 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
486k
tickets printed
322k
tickets claimed · 66%
165k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
34%
33% of top prizes remain with 34% 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
#9 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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