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Poor valueActiveFrogger · $3 · New Mexico Lottery
Frogger: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.70 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 6 · $3 NM games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 6 · $3 NM games
Frogger is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.7%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 56.7%. 3 of the original 3 $5,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 3% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
56.7%
expected return
1 in 3.89
odds of any win
3 of 3
$5K top prizes left
3%
claimed · 15k of 498k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 124,071 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $3
$4 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 18,568 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.70 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.66 · 55.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.04 · 1.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
124,063 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
3% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
498k
tickets printed
15k
tickets claimed · 3%
483k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
97%
100% of top prizes remain with only 97% 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 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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