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Poor valueActiveBingo Extra · $3 · New Mexico Lottery
Bingo Extra: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.45 on average.
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $3 NM games
▼ -6.0 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $3 NM games
Bingo Extra is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 48.3%, down 6.0 percentage points from the launch value of 54.3%. 2 of the original 3 $5,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 24% of the 1.0M printed tickets have been sold.
48.3%
expected return
1 in 3.93
odds of any win
2 of 3
$5K top prizes left
24%
claimed · 236k of 996k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 176,299 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 44,752 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.44 · 47.9% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
176,297 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
24% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
996k
tickets printed
236k
tickets claimed · 24%
761k
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
#1 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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