Are the top prizes in ELF still available?

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

What does a ELF ticket pay back?

You get back about 59¢ 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 · $2 ticket · #694

ELF

Updated today

20 top prizes are still unclaimed at $500. A $2 ticket returns about 59¢ on average.

Includes free-ticket prizes

Pays back per $1 59¢ about 59¢ when the game launched

Top prize $500 20 of 20 still unclaimed

How far along 1% about 1% of tickets already sold · roughly 486,584 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 3.98 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$500	20	20
$100	186	190
$50	502	506
$40	1,462	1,478
$20	3,241	3,274
$10	9,721	9,820
$5	19,460	19,644
$3	25,959	26,200
$2	38,945	39,292
Free ticket	22,715	22,912

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.5885 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.5891 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 3.98
Estimated tickets printed: 490,877
Estimated tickets remaining: 486,584
Estimated fraction sold: 0.0087
Game number: #694

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.