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Poor valueActiveAces High · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
Aces High: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.36 on average.
▼ -15.0 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $1 NM games
▼ -15.0 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $1 NM games
Aces High is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 36.0%, down 15.0 percentage points from the launch value of 51.0%. 6 of the original 16 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 36% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
36.0%
expected return
1 in 4.95
odds of any win
6 of 16
$500 top prizes left
36%
claimed · 242k of 681k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 67,163 winning tickets still unclaimed.
5 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
85 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 73,176 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.36 · 36.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
67,163 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
36% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
681k
tickets printed
242k
tickets claimed · 36%
439k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
38%
Tickets left
64%
38% of top prizes remain with 64% 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
#7 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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