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Poor valueActiveGold Rush · $10 · New Mexico Lottery
Gold Rush: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.99 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $10 NM games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $10 NM games
Gold Rush is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.9%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 60.4%. 2 of the original 3 $10,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
59.9%
expected return
1 in 3.44
odds of any win
2 of 3
$10K top prizes left
25%
claimed · 91k of 362k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 78,597 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,051 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $5.99 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.85 · 58.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.14 · 1.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
78,576 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
25% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
362k
tickets printed
91k
tickets claimed · 25%
271k
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
75%
67% of top prizes remain with 75% 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 $10 NM peers
#4 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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