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ActiveHello Money · $10 · New Mexico Lottery

Hello Money: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.96 on average.

-0.5 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $10 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM

Hello Money is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.6%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 60.1%. 1 of the original 3 $20000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.

59.6%
expected return
1 in 3.45
odds of any win
1 of 3
$20K top prizes left
86%
claimed · 321k of 374k printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 15,404 winning tickets still unclaimed.

17 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,266 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $5.96 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $10 – $500
$5.38 · 53.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.58 · 5.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
15,400 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

86% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there

Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.

374k
tickets printed
321k
tickets claimed · 86%
53k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
14%
33% of top prizes remain with only 14% 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.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM.
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