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Poor valueActiveHello Money · $10 · New Mexico Lottery
Hello Money: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.98 on average.
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $10 NM gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
▼ -0.3 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $10 NM gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
Hello Money is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.8%, down 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 60.1%. 1 of the original 3 $20000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
59.8%
expected return
1 in 3.45
odds of any win
1 of 3
$20K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 326k of 374k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 14,006 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,315 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $5.98 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$5.34 · 53.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.64 · 6.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
14,002 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
374k
tickets printed
326k
tickets claimed · 87%
48k
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
13%
33% of top prizes remain with only 13% 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 $10 NM peers
#5 of 9
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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