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Poor valueActiveBags of Money · $3 · New Mexico Lottery
Bags of Money: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.45 on average.
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 NM gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 NM gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
Bags of Money is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 48.3%, down 8.0 percentage points from the launch value of 56.3%. 1 of the original 3 $1000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
48.3%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1K top prizes left
86%
claimed · 433k of 502k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 17,099 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 34,204 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.44 · 47.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.01 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
17,098 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
86% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
502k
tickets printed
433k
tickets claimed · 86%
68k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
14%
33% of top prizes remain with only 14% 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
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM.
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