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Poor valueActiveAces High · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
Aces High: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.38 on average.
▼ -13.0 pts vs launch#6 of 10 · $1 NM games
▼ -13.0 pts vs launch#6 of 10 · $1 NM games
Aces High is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 38.0%, down 13.0 percentage points from the launch value of 51.0%. 7 of the original 16 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 31% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
38.0%
expected return
1 in 4.95
odds of any win
7 of 16
$500 top prizes left
31%
claimed · 208k of 681k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 77,027 winning tickets still unclaimed.
6 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
83 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 67,589 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.38 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.38 · 38.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
77,027 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
31% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
681k
tickets printed
208k
tickets claimed · 31%
473k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
44%
Tickets left
69%
44% of top prizes remain with 69% 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
#6 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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