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Poor valueActiveFrogger · $3 · New Mexico Lottery
Frogger: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.69 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#1 of 6 · $3 NM games
▼ -0.3 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 56.3%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 56.7%. 2 of the original 3 $5,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
56.3%
expected return
1 in 3.89
odds of any win
2 of 3
$5K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 51k of 498k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 114,764 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 19,416 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.69 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.66 · 55.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.03 · 1.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
114,757 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
10% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
498k
tickets printed
51k
tickets claimed · 10%
447k
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
90%
67% of top prizes remain with 90% 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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