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Poor valueActive$10,000 Grande Crossword · $3 · New Mexico Lottery
$10,000 Grande Crossword: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.08 on average.
▼ -14.3 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $3 NM games
▼ -14.3 pts vs launch#6 of 6 · $3 NM games
$10,000 Grande Crossword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 36.0%, down 14.3 percentage points from the launch value of 50.3%. 2 of the original 3 $10,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 24% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
36.0%
expected return
1 in 3.90
odds of any win
2 of 3
$10K top prizes left
24%
claimed · 120k of 496k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 73,153 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 62,696 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.08 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $100
$1.03 · 34.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.05 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $100 wins
73,147 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
24% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
496k
tickets printed
120k
tickets claimed · 24%
376k
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
76%
67% of top prizes remain with 76% 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 $3 NM peers
#6 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Frogger
56.3%
2
Lucky Numbers
47.3%
3
Bingo Extra
46.7%
4
Lucky 7s
42.0%
5
Crossword Tripler
40.7%
6
$10,000 Grande Crossword
36.0%
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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