The New Mexico Lottery offers a good selection of multi-state games as well as a handful of state-exclusive lotteries. There are some big prizes to be won in the Land of Enchantment! The NM Lottery operates Pick 3, Pick 4, and Roadrunner Cash as New Mexico-exclusives, and New Mexicans can partake in the Powerball, Mega Millions, and Lotto America multi-state lotteries too. A good selection of games and range of prizes.
Drawings take place every day in New Mexico. Find out exactly when each game is played in the table below.
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New Mexico Roadrunner Cash |
Everyday: 9:30pm | |
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New Mexico Pick 3 |
Everyday: 1:00pm Everyday: 7:00pm | |
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New Mexico Pick 4 |
Everyday: 1:00pm Everyday: 7:00pm |
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Pick 3 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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New Mexico Roadrunner Cash Draw: 9:30 PM |
$91,000
Estimated jackpot
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Pick 3 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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Pick 3 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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New Mexico Roadrunner Cash Draw: 9:30 PM |
$91,000
Estimated jackpot
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Pick 3 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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Pick 3 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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New Mexico Roadrunner Cash Draw: 9:30 PM |
$91,000
Estimated jackpot
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Pick 3 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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Pick 3 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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New Mexico Roadrunner Cash Draw: 9:30 PM |
$91,000
Estimated jackpot
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Pick 3 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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Pick 3 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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New Mexico Roadrunner Cash Draw: 9:30 PM |
$91,000
Estimated jackpot
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Pick 3 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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Pick 3 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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New Mexico Roadrunner Cash Draw: 9:30 PM |
$91,000
Estimated jackpot
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Pick 3 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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Pick 3 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Midday Draw: 1:00 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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New Mexico Roadrunner Cash Draw: 9:30 PM |
$91,000
Estimated jackpot
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Pick 3 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$500
Top Prize
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Pick 4 Evening Draw: 9:30 PM |
$5,000
Top Prize
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New Mexico's very own nightly lottery game with a starting jackpot of $25,000. Match two or more numbers to win a prize, or all five for the jackpot.
About Roadrunner CashNew Mexico's three-digit draw game - pick three numbers from 0-9, decide on a play type, and win up to $500 twice every day.
About Pick 3It's like Pick 3, but you pick 4 instead! Similar rules, steeper odds, and much bigger prizes. You could win up to $5,500 in each twice-daily draw.
About Pick 4You can also try a variety of Scratchers if you're on the go and want to try your luck at winning a cash prize immediately. These instant win games are sold at authorized retailers throughout the state, and all you need to do is buy one, scratch off the coating, and see if you've won big!
Fast Play games (previously called Quicksters) offer more chances to win in the Land of Enchantment. Fast Play combines the instant-win excitement of Scratchers with draw game-style tickets that are printed on-demand at the terminal. Each play costs just $1 and the top prizes range from hundreds to millions of dollars.
The biggest jackpot ever won in New Mexico was claimed by a syndicate of nine players from Roswell. The member that made the lucky purchase, Holly Baldwin, managed to snag their Quick Pick ticket just two hours before the draw's sales cut-off. The group claimed their prize as the 'Roswell Fun Havers' – hopefully they're still having lots of fun!
One of the biggest New Mexico Lottery winners in recent years was Timothy Monte of Tohajiilee. He purchased his winning Mega Millions ticket in Albuquerque and initially didn't realise how much he'd won, thinking it was worth $40,000. Because he'd applied the Megaplier multiplier to his ticket, the prize was boosted from $1 million to $4 million.
The record jackpot for New Mexico's flagship lottery, Roadrunner Cash, is $890,000 – this handsome prize was shared between two winners: Carlos Solis of Albuquerque, and Mary Virgili of Ohkay Owingeh, near Santa Fe. One of the winners chose their numbers manually, while the other used a Quick Pick.
All prizes must be claimed within 90 days, either from the date of the drawing (for draw games like Powerball) or the date of the announced date of closure (for Scratcher games). This is one of the shortest claims periods in the USA, so don't be caught out!
Can winners stay anonymous? No – the New Mexico Lottery will release the winner's name, city, and prize amount won.
Prizes worth $5,000 or more are subject to a federal withholding tax of 24% and a state withholding tax of 6%.
Prizes in this range can be redeemed directly at any authorised New Mexico Lottery retailer. You may also claim by mail if preferred.
Prizes of $600 and above cannot be paid out at retail locations. These must be claimed either by mail or in person at a New Mexico Lottery customer service centre.
Nice! Prizes this valuable can only be claimed in person at the New Mexico Lottery HQ in Albuquerque:
Prizes up to $99,999 may be claimed by mail. Your claim must be postmarked on or before the prize expiration date (90 days from the draw date). To claim, sign the back of your winning ticket, complete a claim form, and send it to:
New Mexico Lottery
P.O. Box 93190
Albuquerque, NM 87199-3190
The addresses of the New Mexico Lottery’s three offices are shown below. You can claim prizes of any value at the Phoenix or Tucson locations. The office in Kingman can cash prizes up to $49,999.
The New Mexico Lottery was created on April 5th, 1995 when Governor Gary Johnson signed SB 853 into law. The first day of ticket sales was held on April 27th, 1996 and by the end of their first fiscal year the New Mexico Lottery had hit sales of over $28 million and profits of over $6 million.
Powerball tickets went on sale in NM in October 1996 and the state's very own lottery game, Roadrunner Cash, held its first drawing on February 10th, 1998. The state joined Mega Millions in January 2010. In June of that year, the New Mexico Lottery and rock band KISS produced the world's first (and, presumably, only) KISS Scratcher game. On November 12, 2017, the new multistate Lotto America game launched.
100% of New Mexico Lottery net proceeds benefit education in the state. Thanks to players raising money for Legislative Lottery Scholarships, over 155,000 students attended colleges and universities throughout the state, and more than 88,000 have graduated. Over $1 billion has been raised for educational initiatives in NM since the lottery was launched.
