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Poor valueActiveCrossword Tripler · $3 · New Mexico Lottery
Crossword Tripler: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.27 on average.
▼ -7.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 NM games
▼ -7.3 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 NM games
Crossword Tripler is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 42.3%, down 7.3 percentage points from the launch value of 49.7%. 2 of the original 3 $30,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 14% of the 1.7M printed tickets have been sold.
42.3%
expected return
1 in 3.89
odds of any win
2 of 3
$30K top prizes left
14%
claimed · 233k of 1.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 323,936 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
11 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 205,473 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $100
$1.23 · 40.9% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $30K
$0.04 · 1.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $100 wins
323,929 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
14% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
1.7M
tickets printed
233k
tickets claimed · 14%
1.4M
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
86%
67% of top prizes remain with 86% 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
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Bingo Extra
48.3%
2
Lucky Numbers
48.0%
3
Crossword Tripler
42.3%
4
Lucky 7s
42.0%
5
$10,000 Grande Crossword
41.3%
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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