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Poor valueActiveMerry Money 5X · $2 · New Mexico Lottery
Merry Money 5X: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.65 on average.
▼ -21.0 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $2 NM games
▼ -21.0 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $2 NM games
Merry Money 5X is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 32.5%, down 21.0 percentage points from the launch value of 53.5%. 5 of the original 18 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 59% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
32.5%
expected return
1 in 3.93
odds of any win
5 of 18
$500 top prizes left
59%
claimed · 294k of 498k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 35,590 winning tickets still unclaimed.
7 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
83 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 40,889 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.65 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$0.65 · 32.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
35,590 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
59% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
498k
tickets printed
294k
tickets claimed · 59%
204k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
28%
Tickets left
41%
28% of top prizes remain with 41% 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 $2 NM peers
#7 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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