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Weak valueActiveCash Games · $5 · New Mexico Lottery
Cash Games: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.23 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $5 NM games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $5 NM games
Cash Games is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.6%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 64.6%. 3 of the original 3 $15000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 4% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
64.6%
expected return
1 in 3.61
odds of any win
3 of 3
$15K top prizes left
4%
claimed · 15k of 364k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 96,627 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 11,612 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.23 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.08 · 61.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $15K
$0.15 · 3.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
96,617 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
4% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
364k
tickets printed
15k
tickets claimed · 4%
348k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
96%
100% of top prizes remain with only 96% 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
#2 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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