MYSTERY CROSSWORDNew Mexico Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
MYSTERY CROSSWORD is a $10 ticket from the New Mexico Lottery. Its overall odds of 1 in 2.92 are the best of the 9 $10 tickets New Mexico sells. It pays back about $0.61 per $1 on average, in line with New Mexico's other $10 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Softer expected value here: only $0.61 of each $1 comes back as prizes.
- Roughly half the prize pool has been claimed, with a decent amount still left.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 3,735 | 100 | 40 | 40% |
| $100 | 1 in 494 | 756 | 285 | 38% |
| $50 | 1 in 134 | 2,778 | 1,064 | 38% |
| $40 | 1 in 60 | 6,273 | 2,435 | 39% |
| $30 | 1 in 60 | 6,244 | 2,405 | 39% |
| $20 | 1 in 15 | 24,932 | 10,070 | 40% |
| $15 | 1 in 10 | 37,308 | 15,201 | 41% |
| $10 | 1 in 30 | 12,402 | 5,708 | 46% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 37,326 | 17,631 | 47% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 32 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 40. The most recent was on October 2.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for New Mexico's $10 games (0.6% 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
- 675
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 11/17/2025
- Payout %
- 60.5%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $10 ticket in New Mexico
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double Your Luck | 82 | 1 in 3.54 | 68.2% | $10K · 2 | 0.0% |
| Bonus Money | 71 | 1 in 3.40 | 64.2% | $10K · 1 | 0.0% |
| MYSTERY CROSSWORD (this game) | 68 | 1 in 2.92 | 60.5% | $500 · 40 | 0.9% |
| Gold Rush | 67 | 1 in 3.44 | 60.4% | $10K · 2 | 1.3% |
| Triple Red 777s | 67 | 1 in 3.45 | 60.1% | $20K · 2 | 1.3% |
| $25, $50 or $100! | 49 | 1 in 7.40 | 68.5% | $100 · 5,667 | 0.8% |
| Hit $500 | 48 | 1 in 3.30 | 60.5% | $500 · 1 | 0.0% |
| Hello Money | 43 | 1 in 3.45 | 60.2% | $20K · 0 | 0.0% |
| Más Dinero | 38 | 1 in 3.30 | 57.9% | $5K · 2 | 0.9% |
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.