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Poor valueActiveMoney Rush · $5 · New Mexico Lottery
Money Rush: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.82 on average.
▼ -10.0 pts vs launch#7 of 11 · $5 NM games
▼ -10.0 pts vs launch#7 of 11 · $5 NM games
Money Rush is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 56.4%, down 10.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.4%. 1 of the original 3 $50000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 1.0M printed tickets have been sold.
56.4%
expected return
1 in 3.85
odds of any win
1 of 3
$50K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 910k of 986k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 19,743 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
17 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 76,048 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.82 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.16 · 43.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.66 · 13.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
19,742 winning tickets remain in this range: 77% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
986k
tickets printed
910k
tickets claimed · 92%
76k
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
8%
33% of top prizes remain with only 8% 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
#7 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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