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Poor valueActiveRed Hot Double Doubler · $1 · New Mexico Lottery
Red Hot Double Doubler: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.42 on average.
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $1 NM games
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $1 NM games
Red Hot Double Doubler is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the New Mexico state lottery. Its current expected value is 42.0%, down 8.0 percentage points from the launch value of 50.0%. 6 of the original 6 $1,000.00 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 15% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
42.0%
expected return
1 in 4.95
odds of any win
6 of 6
$1K top prizes left
15%
claimed · 104k of 677k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 99,740 winning tickets still unclaimed.
6 win more than $1
$2 – $250, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
83 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 57,378 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.41 · 41.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$0.01 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
99,734 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
15% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
677k
tickets printed
104k
tickets claimed · 15%
574k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
85%
100% of top prizes remain with only 85% 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
#4 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Mexico Lottery published claim data.
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