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Poor valueActive$10,000 Grande Crossword · $3 · New Mexico Lottery
$10,000 Grande Crossword: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.24 on average.
▼ -9.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $3 NM games
▼ -9.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $3 NM games
$10,000 Grande Crossword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 41.3%, down 9.0 percentage points from the launch value of 50.3%. 2 of the original 3 $10,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 16% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
41.3%
expected return
1 in 3.90
odds of any win
2 of 3
$10K top prizes left
16%
claimed · 81k of 496k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 91,061 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 41,542 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.24 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $100
$1.19 · 39.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.05 · 1.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $100 wins
91,051 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
16% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
496k
tickets printed
81k
tickets claimed · 16%
415k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
84%
67% of top prizes remain with 84% 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 $3 NM peers
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Bingo Extra
48.3%
2
Lucky Numbers
48.0%
3
Crossword Tripler
42.3%
4
Lucky 7s
42.0%
5
$10,000 Grande Crossword
41.3%
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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