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Poor valueActiveCrossword Deluxe · $5 · New Mexico Lottery
Crossword Deluxe: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.10 on average.
▼ -11.6 pts vs launch#8 of 8 · $5 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM
▼ -11.6 pts vs launch#8 of 8 · $5 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM
Crossword Deluxe is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 42.0%, down 11.6 percentage points from the launch value of 53.6%. 1 of the original 4 $5000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
42.0%
expected return
1 in 3.85
odds of any win
1 of 4
$5K top prizes left
35%
claimed · 215k of 609k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 84,835 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 11,245 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.10 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.09 · 41.8% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
84,834 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
609k
tickets printed
215k
tickets claimed · 35%
394k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
65%
25% of top prizes remain with 65% 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
#8 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM.
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