Are the top prizes in MYSTERY CROSSWORD still available?

40 of 100 top prizes worth $500 are still unclaimed.

What does a MYSTERY CROSSWORD ticket pay back?

You get back about 53¢ 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 · $10 ticket · #675

MYSTERY CROSSWORD

Updated today

40 top prizes are still unclaimed at $500. A $10 ticket returns about 53¢ on average.

Includes free-ticket prizes

Pays back per $1 53¢ about 60¢ when the game launched

Top prize $500 40 of 100 still unclaimed

How far along 52% about 52% of tickets already sold · roughly 177,905 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 2.92 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$500	40	100
$100	293	756
$50	1,082	2,778
$40	2,477	6,273
$30	2,449	6,244
$20	10,257	24,932
$15	15,468	37,308
$10	5,789	12,402
Free ticket	17,859	37,326

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.5338 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.6036 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 2.92
Estimated tickets printed: 374,107
Estimated tickets remaining: 177,905
Estimated fraction sold: 0.5245
Game number: #675

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.