Nutcracker Cash
New Hampshire· Launched Nov 2025· 366 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.57
USA percentile
11th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
1
$10,000 tier
% sold-through
74%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~1543d
P10–P90: 1080–2160d
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Nutcracker Cash is a $2 scratch-off game from the New Hampshire lottery (game #1678). It launched in November 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $10,000 remains unclaimed, with roughly 74% of tickets sold, as published by the New Hampshire lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.51. Our models put its expected value at 0.57 per dollar, returning about $0.57 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 12 of 13 $2 games on sale in New Hampshire.
THE THESIS
At 0.57 EV/$, this game ranks 12 of 13 same-price games on sale in New Hampshire (median 0.62).
- 1.25% of $10,000 prizes still unclaimed at 74% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 1.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~1543 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 11th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
11 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $248,822 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere 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.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionDaily drainage
~1.67% / day
Days left (P50)
1543 days
P10 / P90 range
1080–2160 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.57
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
Price vs EV — NH field
75 games · break-even highlightedNo 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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
Nutcracker Cash: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 1 of the 4 $10,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 11 prize levels the lottery reports, 48,371 of 188,119 prizes (26%) remain; the thinnest level is $500, with 14% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $2 ticket returns about $1.14 on average (0.57 per dollar), which ranks 12 of 13 $2 games on sale in New Hampshire, below the $2 median of 0.62. Among every New Hampshire game with a computable value it is 55 of 69; nationally it sits in the 11th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 874 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 1543 days (likely range 1080–2160).
Figures come from the prize data the New Hampshire lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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