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Decent valueActiveSizzling Riches · $20 · New Mexico Lottery
Sizzling Riches: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.87 on average.
▲ +1.3 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $20 NM games
▲ +1.3 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $20 NM games
Sizzling Riches is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.3%, up 1.3 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 2 of the original 3 $200000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
74.3%
expected return
1 in 3.15
odds of any win
2 of 3
$200K top prizes left
46%
claimed · 202k of 439k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 75,313 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $20
$40 or $50 or $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 936 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.87 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.92 · 64.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$1.95 · 9.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
75,287 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
439k
tickets printed
202k
tickets claimed · 46%
237k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
54%
67% of top prizes remain with only 54% 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 $20 NM peers
#1 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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