Bags of MoneyNew Mexico Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Bags of Money costs $3 a ticket from the New Mexico Lottery. On average it pays back about $0.56 per $1, $0.05 less than the median $3 game in New Mexico. At 1 in 3.98, its overall odds are the longest of New Mexico's 8 $3 games. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 11% of prizes remain. With a ValueScore of 13/100 (Poor), it is 8th of the 8 active $3 games in New Mexico.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
- Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | 1 in 167,267 | 3 | 0 | Claimed |
| $500 | 1 in 31,363 | 16 | 1 | 6% |
| $100 | 1 in 6,195 | 81 | 5 | 6% |
| $50 | 1 in 1,164 | 431 | 32 | 7% |
| $30 | 1 in 100 | 5,017 | 364 | 7% |
| $20 | 1 in 100 | 5,018 | 347 | 7% |
| $15 | 1 in 100 | 5,007 | 365 | 7% |
| $10 | 1 in 50 | 10,019 | 749 | 7% |
| $5 | 1 in 12 | 40,192 | 3,843 | 10% |
| $3 | 1 in 8 | 60,204 | 8,024 | 13% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
The last $1,000 top prize was reported claimed on July 17. 2 were left on March 6, when our records for it began.
- July 17, 20261 claimed · 0 left
- April 24, 20261 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New Mexico's $3 games (1.7% a 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
Game Details
- State
- New Mexico
- Game Number
- 638
- Ticket Price
- $3
- Start Date
- 7/21/2025
- Payout %
- 56.4%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Pawlidays! | 77 | 1 in 3.93 | 61.1% | $1K · 3 | - |
| Crossword Tripler | 71 | 1 in 3.89 | 61.7% | $30K · 2 | 1.2% |
| $10,000 Grande Crossword | 64 | 1 in 3.90 | 62.3% | $10K · 2 | 3.3% |
| Bingo Extra | 59 | 1 in 3.93 | 60.2% | $5K · 2 | 1.5% |
| Frogger | 47 | 1 in 3.89 | 56.8% | $5K · 2 | 4.3% |
| Lucky 7s | 46 | 1 in 3.83 | 63.1% | $500 · 1 | 0.0% |
| Lucky Numbers | 24 | 1 in 3.97 | 57.6% | $500 · 2 | 0.1% |
| Bags of Money (this game) | 13 | 1 in 3.98 | 56.4% | $1K · 0 | 0.0% |
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.