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Poor valueActive$1,000 Grande · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
$1,000 Grande: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.50 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $1 NM games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $1 NM games
$1,000 Grande is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 50.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 52.0%. 3 of the original 3 $1,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 9% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
50.0%
expected return
1 in 4.85
odds of any win
3 of 3
$1K top prizes left
9%
claimed · 61k of 667k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 119,734 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $1
$2 – $50, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 202,047 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $50
$0.50 · 49.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.00 · 0.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $50 wins
119,731 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
9% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
667k
tickets printed
61k
tickets claimed · 9%
606k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
91%
100% of top prizes remain with only 91% 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 $1 NM peers
#2 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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