Merry MoneyNew Mexico Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The New Mexico Lottery sells Merry Money as a $1 ticket. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $20 prize now runs about 1 in 157 by our estimate, against 1 in 127 at launch. No $1 ticket in New Mexico has better overall odds: 1 in 3.93, against 12 others at that price. 55% of its winning tickets pay $1 or less, no more than the ticket cost.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 127 at launch, about 1 in 157 now. The $20 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Late in this game's life: the remaining prize pool is small.
- About a 25% chance of a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.93), in line with most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20 | 1 in 149 | 4,217 | 989 | 23% |
| $10 | 1 in 100 | 6,278 | 1,458 | 23% |
| $5 | 1 in 33 | 18,853 | 4,315 | 23% |
| $2 | 1 in 20 | 31,480 | 10,292 | 33% |
| $1 | 1 in 8 | 75,574 | 22,498 | 30% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 561 $20 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 989. The most recent was on October 17.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New Mexico's $1 games (0.9% 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
- 661
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 10/7/2025
- Payout %
- 60.3%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $1 ticket in New Mexico
All 13 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Stars | 65 | 1 in 4.86 | 60.3% | $1K · 3 | 2.1% |
| Winter Cash | 65 | 1 in 4.76 | 60.3% | $25 · 4,136 | - |
| $1,000 Grande | 53 | 1 in 4.85 | 58.7% | $1K · 3 | 1.7% |
| Red Hot Double Doubler | 47 | 1 in 4.95 | 58.6% | $1K · 5 | 1.8% |
| Merry Money (this game) | 44 | 1 in 3.93 | 60.3% | $20 · 989 | 0.1% |
| Xtra Bonus | 40 | 1 in 4.88 | 58.1% | $1K · 2 | 1.5% |
| Cool Cat | 29 | 1 in 4.73 | 59.3% | $500 · 1 | 0.1% |
| Dinero Loco | 25 | 1 in 4.87 | 58.1% | $1K · 1 | 1.1% |
| Triple Tripler | 23 | 1 in 4.67 | 58.8% | $900 · 0 | 0.0% |
| Aces High | 21 | 1 in 4.95 | 57.0% | $500 · 6 | 1.5% |
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.