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Ranked 6th of 58 Tickets in New Mexico

Sizzling RichesNew Mexico Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: New Mexico Lottery
79
VALUESCORE
Good
$20New MexicoGame #608GREEN
At a glance

Sizzling Riches is one of the New Mexico Lottery's $20 games. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $200,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 106,294, from 1 in 146,357 at launch. Its ValueScore of 79/100 (Good) makes it first of the 3 active $20 games in New Mexico. On average it pays back about $0.73 per $1, $0.06 more than the median $20 game in New Mexico.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.15
Exp. Value
$0.73
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$200,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
48%
ValueScore™
79 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.73
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
A solid pick: 6th of 58 active New Mexico games, and first of the 3 active $20 games in New Mexico.
Why
↑Expected value of $0.73 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 146K at launch, about 1 in 106K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $200,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • You win something fairly often here, about 32% per ticket (1 in 3.15).
  • The prize pool is about half spent, half still in circulation.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$200,000
2 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 146K
now ~1 in 106K
$10,000
2 of 4 left
launch odds 1 in 110K
now ~1 in 106K
$5,000
4 of 10 left
launch odds 1 in 44K
now ~1 in 53K
$1,000
13 of 30 left
launch odds 1 in 15K
now ~1 in 16K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$200,0001 in 146,19032
67%
$10,0001 in 109,64342
50%
$5,0001 in 43,857104
40%
$1,0001 in 14,6193013
43%
$5001 in 1,054416210
50%
$1001 in 3014,6186,993
48%
$501 in 2021,87310,513
48%
$401 in 1043,85421,161
48%
$201 in 758,58028,590
49%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$6,409,210
Current Prize Pool
$3,201,190
Payout Percentage
49.9%
Total Prizes Remaining
67,488

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
439,072
Estimated Remaining
212,587
% Remaining
48.4%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

All 2 $200,000 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.

21
2
March 6October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week.

From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.

ValueScore™ Breakdown

79
VALUESCORE
Good
79
out of 100
Expected Value
40/40
Prize Quality
12/25
Win Frequency
19/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
608
Ticket Price
$20
Start Date
8/10/2026
Payout %
73.1%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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Image Credit: New Mexico Lottery
$20.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.15 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Sizzling Riches scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. Sizzling Riches scores 79/100 (Good) and is first of the 3 active $20 games in New Mexico. It pays back about $0.73 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the Sizzling Riches scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Sizzling Riches are 1 in 3.15. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Sizzling Riches?
The top prize for Sizzling Riches is $200,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $20 ticket in New Mexico

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Sizzling Riches (this game)791 in 3.1573.1%$200K · 21.5%
100X741 in 3.0072.5%$100K · 11.3%
Cash Bonanza721 in 3.6861.3%$20K · 21.1%

Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.