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Poor valueActive$1,000 Grande · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
$1,000 Grande: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.51 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $1 NM gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $1 NM gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM
$1,000 Grande is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 51.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 52.0%. 3 of the original 3 $1,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 3% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
51.0%
expected return
1 in 4.85
odds of any win
3 of 3
$1K top prizes left
3%
claimed · 20k of 667k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 131,797 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $1
$2 – $50, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 215,698 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.51 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $50
$0.51 · 50.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $50 wins
131,794 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
3% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
667k
tickets printed
20k
tickets claimed · 3%
647k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
97%
100% of top prizes remain with only 97% 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 $1 NM peers
#2 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM.
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