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Poor valueActiveI Love Cash · $2 · New Mexico Lottery
I Love Cash: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.95 on average.
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $2 NM games
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $2 NM games
I Love Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 47.5%, down 6.0 percentage points from the launch value of 53.5%. 2 of the original 3 $5,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
47.5%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
2 of 3
$5K top prizes left
29%
claimed · 142k of 493k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 79,908 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 175,163 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.95 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$0.92 · 46.2% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.03 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
79,906 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
493k
tickets printed
142k
tickets claimed · 29%
350k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
71%
67% of top prizes remain with 71% 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 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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