New Mexico Lottery
The New Mexico Lottery is run by the government of New Mexico. It was established in 1996. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). It offer draw games and scratch off games. As of December 2014, draw games are Powerball, Mega Millions, Monopoly Millionaires' Club, Hot Lotto, Roadrunner Cash, Pick 3, Quicksters, and Lucky Numbers Bingo.
The New Mexico Lottery Authority is separate from the New Mexico government. A seven-person board of directors appointed by the Government of New Mexico operates the Lottery, which has oversight from the Legislative Finance Committee.[1]
New Mexico requires lottery players to be at least 18.
Notable prizes
The largest prize to date won on a ticket bought in New Mexico was for the Powerball drawing on September 27, 2008. The ticket was worth $206.9 million, payable in 30 annual payments (increasing by 4 percent yearly), or about $102.9 million cash value.
New Mexico-only draw games
Roadrunner Cash
Roadrunner Cash drawings are Mondays through Saturdays at approximately 9:45 PM Mountain Time. It draws five numbers from 1 through 37. Tickets cost $1 per play per drawing. The jackpot starts at $25,000, increasing by at least $2,000 if there is no play matching all five numbers.
Pick 3
Pick 3 drawings are held twice daily Monday through Saturday at approximately 1:05 pm and 9:35 pm Mountain Time (MT). Tickets can be purchased until 1:00 pm (MT) for the Day Drawing and until 9:30 pm (MT) for the Evening Drawing. Tickets cost $1 per play per drawing. Prizes range from $5 to $500, depending on play type.
Lucky Numbers Bingo
Lucky Numbers Bingo drawings are held every 4 minutes. Tickets cost $2 per play per drawing. Prizes range from $1 to $10,000.
Quicksters
Red Hot Jackpot Bingo is an instant draw game in which the numbers to be matched are printed on the ticket itself. Tickets cost $5 per play per drawing. The jackpot starts at $1,000 and grows until won.
Former draw games
4 This Way! ended in 2007. It was a pick 4 game.
Multi-state games
Hot Lotto
Hot Lotto is available through 15 lotteries, including New Mexico and the District of Columbia. Hot Lotto drawings are on Wednesday and Saturday nights. The game draws five "white balls" numbered from 1 through 47, and an orange "Hot Ball", numbered 1 through 19. The jackpot begins at $1,000,000 (all-cash, and "taxes-paid"), increasing by at least $50,000 if there is no top prize winner. Hot Lotto, whose basic game is $1 per play, has a $2-per-game option, called Sizzler (similar to Powerball's Power Play); it triples non-jackpot prizes.
The Hot Lotto game took its current form after extensive changes on May 12, 2013. Changes included a revised double matrix (adding eight "white balls" to its original 5/39 + 1/19 double matrix), and the $1,000,000 minimum progressive jackpot was changed from annuity-with-a-cash-option to all-cash, and "taxes paid" (i.e., the advertised jackpot amounts are after withholdings, rather than the usual American practice of before withholdings.)
Mega Millions
On October 27, 2009, a special meeting was held by the New Mexico Lottery Board of Directors in which it voted in favor of adding Mega Millions to the Lottery's portfolio. New Mexico joined Mega Millions on January 31, 2010, the official cross-selling date. Mega Millions is available in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Drawings are on Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:00 PM Mountain Time (the numbers are chosen in Atlanta.) Tickets cost $1 per play per drawing and can be purchased until 8:45 PM Mountain Time for that night's drawing. The jackpot starts at $15 million and grows until won. The advertised jackpot/grand prize is an estimated amount which is paid as a 30-payment graduated annuity (5 percent yearly) or, at the election of the winner, in a single lump sum payment of the cash value of the annuity jackpot/grand prize (subject to State and Federal taxes.)
Players can increase the value of any prize, except the jackpot, by purchasing the Megaplier for $1 more per play per drawing.
Monopoly Millionaires′ Club (sales suspended)
On October 19, 2014, twenty-two states and the District of Columbia launched Monopoly Millionaires' Club (MMC), which was based on the Monopoly board game. Games were $5 each. Players chose 5 of 52 numbers; a sixth number, representing the 28 properties on a standard U.S. Monopoly game board, was terminal-selected. Jackpots began at $15 million, and were capped at $25 million. When a jackpot was won, a minimum of 10 cash millionaires were made with special "Millionaires′ Club" drawings. Players also could enter, online, a 25-character alphanumeric code to win a trip for two (and $500 spending money) to Las Vegas to potentially play for up to $1 million cash. The game show will debut in March 2015.
It is not known whether a modified version of the MMC draw game will return.
Powerball
Powerball jackpots begin at $40 million. Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:59 PM Mountain Time. Tickets cost $2 per play and can be purchased until 8:00 PM Mountain Time for that night's drawing. Similar to Mega Millions' Megaplier option, Power Play can increase most prize levels. Jackpots are advertised, and paid out, similar to in Mega Millions.
Scratch off games
NM Lottery Scratchers includes a wide variety of instant win games.
References
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions - Is the Lottery a state agency?" New Mexico State Lottery. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.