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Poor valueActiveGreat 8s · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
Great 8s: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.24 on average.
▼ -28.0 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $1 NM games
▼ -28.0 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $1 NM games
Great 8s is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 24.0%, down 28.0 percentage points from the launch value of 52.0%. 1 of the original 7 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 55% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
24.0%
expected return
1 in 4.74
odds of any win
1 of 7
$500 top prizes left
55%
claimed · 336k of 614k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 31,388 winning tickets still unclaimed.
4 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
89 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 278,419 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.24 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.24 · 24.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
31,388 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
55% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
614k
tickets printed
336k
tickets claimed · 55%
278k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
14%
Tickets left
45%
14% of top prizes remain with 45% 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
#7 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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