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Poor valueActiveLucky Stars · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
Lucky Stars: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.52 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $1 NM games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $1 NM games
Lucky Stars is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 52.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 52.0%. 3 of the original 3 $1,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
52.0%
expected return
1 in 4.86
odds of any win
3 of 3
$1K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 3k of 620k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 75,326 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $1
$2 – $80, an actual profit
5 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
87 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 205,729 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.52 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $80
$0.52 · 51.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $80 wins
75,323 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
620k
tickets printed
3k
tickets claimed · 0%
617k
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
100%
100% of top prizes remain with only 100% 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 $1 NM peers
#2 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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