NH · #1678 · $2

Nutcracker Cash

New Hampshire· Launched Nov 2025· 275 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.57

USA percentile

12th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$10,000 tier

% sold-through

73%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~1096d

P10–P90: 767–1534d

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Nutcracker Cash is a $2 scratch-off game from the New Hampshire (game #1678). It launched in November 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $10 remains unclaimed, with roughly 73% of tickets sold, as published by the New Hampshire. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.51. Our models put its expected value at 0.57 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.57 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.57 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.25% of $10,000 prizes still unclaimed at 73% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 2.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~1096 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 12th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$10K
1/4
25%
$500
11/72
$200
17/81
$100
123/735
$50
379/2.1K
$30
581/2.8K
$20
1.5K/7.1K
$10
2.1K/8.5K
$5
8.9K/33.9K
$4
13.1K/48.1K
$2
24.8K/84.8K

Total unclaimed prize value: $265,418 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active NH games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NH median0.65 EV/$
YOU · 12th
USA: 12th percentileNH: 19th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 3Jun 9Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29Jul 18Jul 24Jul 30Aug 50%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~08-05

Daily drainage

~2.50% / day

Days left (P50)

1096 days

P10 / P90 range

767–1534 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.57

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -25%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 25% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

Price vs EV — NH field

64 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.300.601.07break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

No other active NH games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

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