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Poor valueActiveMerry Money 5X · $2 · New Mexico Lottery
Merry Money 5X: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $0.71 on average.
▼ -18.0 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $2 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM
▼ -18.0 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $2 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM
Merry Money 5X is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 35.5%, down 18.0 percentage points from the launch value of 53.5%. 7 of the original 18 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 54% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
35.5%
expected return
1 in 3.93
odds of any win
7 of 18
$500 top prizes left
54%
claimed · 271k of 498k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 42,592 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
81 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 32,432 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.71 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$0.71 · 35.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
42,592 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
54% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
498k
tickets printed
271k
tickets claimed · 54%
227k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
39%
Tickets left
46%
39% of top prizes remain with 46% 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
#6 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM.
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