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Average valueActiveSizzling Riches · $20 · New Mexico Lottery
Sizzling Riches: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.72 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $20 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#1 of 3 · $20 NM gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM
Sizzling Riches is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.6%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 2 of the original 3 $200000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 39% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
73.6%
expected return
1 in 3.15
odds of any win
2 of 3
$200K top prizes left
39%
claimed · 170k of 439k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 85,448 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 926 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.72 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.94 · 64.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$1.78 · 8.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
85,419 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
39% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2024.
439k
tickets printed
170k
tickets claimed · 39%
269k
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
61%
67% of top prizes remain with only 61% 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, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:05 AM.
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