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Poor valueActiveDinero Loco · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
Dinero Loco: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.40 on average.
▼ -12.0 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $1 NM games
▼ -12.0 pts vs launch#5 of 10 · $1 NM games
Dinero Loco is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 40.0%, down 12.0 percentage points from the launch value of 52.0%. 1 of the original 3 $1000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 34% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
40.0%
expected return
1 in 4.87
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1K top prizes left
34%
claimed · 229k of 680k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 74,765 winning tickets still unclaimed.
7 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
84 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 450,710 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.40 · 39.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
74,764 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
34% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
680k
tickets printed
229k
tickets claimed · 34%
451k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
66%
33% of top prizes remain with 66% 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
#5 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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