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ActiveNeon 7 · $5 · New Mexico Lottery

Neon 7: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.66 on average.

-1.4 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $5 NM gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM

Neon 7 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 53.2%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 54.6%. 6 of the original 20 $700 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.

53.2%
expected return
1 in 3.83
odds of any win
6 of 20
$700 top prizes left
68%
claimed · 323k of 478k printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 40,518 winning tickets still unclaimed.

14 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 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 25,776 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $2.66 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $5 – $700
$2.66 · 53.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $700 wins
40,518 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

68% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.

478k
tickets printed
323k
tickets claimed · 68%
155k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
30%
Tickets left
32%
30% of top prizes remain with 32% 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.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM.
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