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Poor valueActiveI Love Cash · $2 · New Mexico Lottery
I Love Cash: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.01 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $2 NM gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $2 NM gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
I Love Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 50.5%, down 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 53.5%. 2 of the original 3 $5,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 15% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
50.5%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
2 of 3
$5K top prizes left
15%
claimed · 73k of 493k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 101,015 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 209,603 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 – $100
$0.99 · 49.4% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.02 · 1.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
101,013 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
15% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
493k
tickets printed
73k
tickets claimed · 15%
419k
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
85%
67% of top prizes remain with 85% 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
#1 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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