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Poor valueActiveMYSTERY CROSSWORD · $10 · New Mexico Lottery
MYSTERY CROSSWORD: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $3.63 on average.
▼ -14.2 pts vs launch#7 of 7 · $10 NM games
▼ -14.2 pts vs launch#7 of 7 · $10 NM games
MYSTERY CROSSWORD is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 36.3%, down 14.2 percentage points from the launch value of 50.5%. 41 of the original 100 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
36.3%
expected return
1 in 2.92
odds of any win
41 of 100
$500 top prizes left
40%
claimed · 148k of 374k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 58,975 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,508 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.63 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.63 · 36.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
58,975 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
374k
tickets printed
148k
tickets claimed · 40%
226k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
41%
Tickets left
60%
41% of top prizes remain with 60% 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 $10 NM peers
#7 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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