Merry Money 5XNew Mexico Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Merry Money 5X is a $2 ticket from the New Mexico Lottery. 55% of its winning tickets pay $2 or less, no more than the ticket cost. On ValueScore it earns 27/100 (Below Avg), good for 9th out of 11 $2 tickets in New Mexico.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
- Late in this game's life: the remaining prize pool is small.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 27,692 | 18 | 5 | 28% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,141 | 437 | 81 | 19% |
| $40 | 1 in 300 | 1,660 | 322 | 19% |
| $20 | 1 in 100 | 4,986 | 957 | 19% |
| $10 | 1 in 75 | 6,662 | 1,451 | 22% |
| $5 | 1 in 38 | 13,270 | 3,039 | 23% |
| $3 | 1 in 17 | 29,868 | 7,774 | 26% |
| $2 | 1 in 11 | 46,472 | 12,802 | 28% |
| $2 | 1 in 21 | 23,260 | 6,594 | 28% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 4 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 5. The most recent was on August 8.
- August 8, 20261 claimed · 5 left
- June 23, 20261 claimed · 6 left
- May 4, 20262 claimed · 7 left
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 $2 games (1% 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
- 668
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 10/7/2025
- Payout %
- 58.3%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $2 ticket in New Mexico
All 11 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELF | 62 | 1 in 3.98 | 58.9% | $500 · 19 | - |
| $5,000 Grande | 60 | 1 in 3.99 | 58.8% | $5K · 3 | 1.7% |
| Betty Boop™ | 50 | 1 in 4.05 | 60.2% | $5K · 2 | 1.7% |
| Fast Cash | 49 | 1 in 3.99 | 58.8% | $500 · 9 | 1.4% |
| Creepy Cash | 46 | 1 in 3.81 | 59.9% | $500 · 1 | 0.1% |
| I Love Cash | 38 | 1 in 3.99 | 57.9% | $5K · 2 | 1.3% |
| 777 | 37 | 1 in 3.99 | 58.8% | $7K · 2 | 1.6% |
| 7-11-21® Tripler | 34 | 1 in 4.04 | 58.9% | $2K · 2 | 0.8% |
| Merry Money 5X (this game) | 27 | 1 in 3.93 | 58.3% | $500 · 5 | 0.1% |
| Hit $50 | 25 | 1 in 4.17 | 58.7% | $50 · 193 | 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.