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Poor valueActiveLucky 7s · $3 · New Mexico Lottery
Lucky 7s: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.26 on average.
▼ -21.0 pts vs launch#5 of 6 · $3 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
▼ -21.0 pts vs launch#5 of 6 · $3 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
Lucky 7s is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 42.0%, down 21.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 1 of the original 100 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
42.0%
expected return
1 in 3.83
odds of any win
1 of 100
$500 top prizes left
90%
claimed · 670k of 741k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 18,715 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $3
$4 – $100, an actual profit
14 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 71,694 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.26 · 42.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
18,715 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2024.
741k
tickets printed
670k
tickets claimed · 90%
72k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
1%
Tickets left
10%
1% of top prizes remain with 10% 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
#5 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM.
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