Fast CashNew Mexico Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Fast Cash is one of the New Mexico Lottery's $2 games. 51% of its winning tickets pay $2 or less, no more than the ticket cost. It pays back about $0.59 per $1 on average, in line with New Mexico's other $2 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 25K at launch, about 1 in 28K now. The $500 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- The return of $0.59 per dollar runs below what similar tickets pay.
- Middling prize quality: a fair number of the bigger prizes are still in play.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 24,780 | 20 | 9 | 45% |
| $100 | 1 in 2,503 | 198 | 98 | 49% |
| $50 | 1 in 295 | 1,679 | 806 | 48% |
| $20 | 1 in 150 | 3,303 | 1,578 | 48% |
| $10 | 1 in 50 | 9,909 | 4,825 | 49% |
| $5 | 1 in 25 | 19,818 | 9,801 | 49% |
| $3 | 1 in 19 | 26,424 | 13,566 | 51% |
| $2 | 1 in 13 | 39,636 | 20,674 | 52% |
| $2 | 1 in 21 | 23,121 | 12,017 | 52% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since May 4, when our records for it began, 10 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 9. The most recent was on October 14.
- October 14, 20261 claimed · 9 left
- September 4, 20261 claimed · 10 left
- August 8, 20261 claimed · 11 left
- July 26, 20262 claimed · 12 left
- June 15, 20261 claimed · 14 left
- June 10, 20261 claimed · 15 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for New Mexico's $2 games (0.8% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- New Mexico
- Game Number
- 655
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 4/21/2026
- Payout %
- 58.8%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $2 ticket in New Mexico
All 11 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELF | 62 | 1 in 3.98 | 58.9% | $500 · 19 | - |
| $5,000 Grande | 60 | 1 in 3.99 | 58.8% | $5K · 3 | 1.7% |
| Betty Boop™ | 50 | 1 in 4.05 | 60.2% | $5K · 2 | 1.7% |
| Fast Cash (this game) | 49 | 1 in 3.99 | 58.8% | $500 · 9 | 1.4% |
| Creepy Cash | 46 | 1 in 3.81 | 59.9% | $500 · 1 | 0.1% |
| I Love Cash | 38 | 1 in 3.99 | 57.9% | $5K · 2 | 1.3% |
| 777 | 37 | 1 in 3.99 | 58.8% | $7K · 2 | 1.6% |
| 7-11-21® Tripler | 34 | 1 in 4.04 | 58.9% | $2K · 2 | 0.8% |
| Merry Money 5X | 27 | 1 in 3.93 | 58.3% | $500 · 5 | 0.1% |
| Hit $50 | 25 | 1 in 4.17 | 58.7% | $50 · 193 | 0.0% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.