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Poor valueActiveLucky Stars · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
Lucky Stars: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.51 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $1 NM games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $1 NM games
Lucky Stars is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 51.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 52.0%. 3 of the original 3 $1,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
51.0%
expected return
1 in 4.86
odds of any win
3 of 3
$1K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 12k of 620k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 73,481 winning tickets still unclaimed.
7 win more than $1
$2 – $80, an actual profit
5 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
88 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 202,740 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.51 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $80
$0.51 · 50.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $80 wins
73,478 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
620k
tickets printed
12k
tickets claimed · 2%
608k
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
98%
100% of top prizes remain with only 98% 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 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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