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Poor valueActive$25,000 Grande · $5 · New Mexico Lottery
$25,000 Grande: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.95 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $5 NM gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $5 NM gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM
$25,000 Grande is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 58.8%. 3 of the original 3 $25,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 7% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 3.79
odds of any win
3 of 3
$25K top prizes left
7%
claimed · 34k of 501k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 123,253 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 38,948 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.95 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$2.77 · 55.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $25K
$0.18 · 3.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
123,241 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
7% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
501k
tickets printed
34k
tickets claimed · 7%
467k
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
93%
100% of top prizes remain with only 93% 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 $5 NM peers
#3 of 9
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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