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Poor valueActiveMoney Rush · $5 · New Mexico Lottery
Money Rush: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.90 on average.
▼ -8.4 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $5 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
▼ -8.4 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $5 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
Money Rush is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 8.4 percentage points from the launch value of 66.4%. 1 of the original 3 $50000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 1.0M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 3.85
odds of any win
1 of 3
$50K top prizes left
90%
claimed · 886k of 986k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 25,970 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
16 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 50,011 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.90 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.40 · 48.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.50 · 10.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
25,969 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
986k
tickets printed
886k
tickets claimed · 90%
100k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
10%
33% of top prizes remain with only 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 $5 NM peers
#3 of 8
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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