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Poor valueActive$25,000 Grande · $5 · New Mexico Lottery
$25,000 Grande: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.90 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#5 of 11 · $5 NM games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#5 of 11 · $5 NM games
$25,000 Grande is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 58.8%. 2 of the original 3 $25,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 17% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 3.79
odds of any win
2 of 3
$25K top prizes left
17%
claimed · 84k of 501k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 109,926 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
13 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 37,897 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.90 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$2.76 · 55.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $25K
$0.14 · 2.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
109,915 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
17% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
501k
tickets printed
84k
tickets claimed · 17%
417k
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
83%
67% of top prizes remain with 83% 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
#5 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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