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Poor valueActiveNeon 7 · $5 · New Mexico Lottery
Neon 7: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.62 on average.
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#9 of 11 · $5 NM games
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#9 of 11 · $5 NM games
Neon 7 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 52.4%, down 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 54.6%. 4 of the original 20 $700 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
52.4%
expected return
1 in 3.83
odds of any win
4 of 20
$700 top prizes left
76%
claimed · 363k of 478k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 30,250 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 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 28,832 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $700
$2.62 · 52.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $700 wins
30,250 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
478k
tickets printed
363k
tickets claimed · 76%
115k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
24%
20% of top prizes remain with 24% 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
#9 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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