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Poor valueActiveFast Cash · $2 · New Mexico Lottery
Fast Cash: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.01 on average.
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $2 NM gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $2 NM gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
Fast Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 50.5%, down 3.5 percentage points from the launch value of 54.0%. 14 of the original 20 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 18% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
50.5%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
14 of 20
$500 top prizes left
18%
claimed · 90k of 496k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 96,493 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 28,965 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.01 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.01 · 50.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
96,493 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
18% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
496k
tickets printed
90k
tickets claimed · 18%
406k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
70%
Tickets left
82%
70% of top prizes remain with 82% 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
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM.
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