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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 $1.41 on average.
▼ -3.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 NM gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM
▼ -3.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 NM gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM
$10,000 Grande Crossword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 47.0%, down 3.3 percentage points from the launch value of 50.3%. 2 of the original 3 $10,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 6% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
47.0%
expected return
1 in 3.90
odds of any win
2 of 3
$10K top prizes left
6%
claimed · 29k of 496k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 114,368 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 38,924 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.41 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $100
$1.36 · 45.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.05 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $100 wins
114,356 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
6% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
496k
tickets printed
29k
tickets claimed · 6%
467k
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
94%
67% of top prizes remain with 94% 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
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Bingo Extra
50.0%
2
Lucky Numbers
49.3%
3
$10,000 Grande Crossword
47.0%
4
Crossword Tripler
44.7%
5
Lucky 7s
42.0%
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM.
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