Are the top prizes in Lucky Numbers still available?

2 of 20 top prizes worth $500 are still unclaimed.

What does a Lucky Numbers ticket pay back?

You get back about 43¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the New Mexico Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

New Mexico · $3 ticket · #646

Lucky Numbers

Updated today

2 top prizes are still unclaimed at $500. A $3 ticket returns about 43¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 43¢ about 58¢ when the game launched

Top prize $500 2 of 20 still unclaimed

How far along 88% about 88% of tickets already sold · roughly 60,693 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 3.97 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$500	2	20
$100	10	167
$50	52	847
$30	307	4,974
$20	355	4,966
$15	394	4,989
$10	1,309	14,908
$4	4,076	34,848
$3	7,448	59,673

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.4315 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.5758 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 3.97
Estimated tickets printed: 497,806
Estimated tickets remaining: 60,693
Estimated fraction sold: 0.8781
Game number: #646

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

Source: the New Mexico Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.