Top Secret Money Puzzle
New Hampshire· Launched Feb 2026· 268 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.53
USA percentile
5th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
0
$100,000 tier
% sold-through
75%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~931d
P10–P90: 652–1303d
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Top Secret Money Puzzle is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Hampshire lottery (game #1689). It launched in February 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $100,000 remain unclaimed, with roughly 75% of tickets sold, as published by the New Hampshire lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.12. Our models put its expected value at 0.53 per dollar, returning about $0.53 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 14 of 15 $5 games on sale in New Hampshire.
THE THESIS
At 0.53 EV/$, this game ranks 14 of 15 same-price games on sale in New Hampshire (median 0.66).
- 1.Current daily drainage rate is 2.67% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~931 days at this pace.
- 2.Ranks in the 5th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
14 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $690,980 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active NH games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionDaily drainage
~2.67% / day
Days left (P50)
931 days
P10 / P90 range
652–1303 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.53
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 26% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — NH field
75 games · break-even highlightedNo other active NH games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
Top Secret Money Puzzle: prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 0 of the 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 14 prize levels the lottery reports, 62,917 of 253,375 prizes (25%) remain; every $100,000 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $2.66 on average (0.53 per dollar), which ranks 14 of 15 $5 games on sale in New Hampshire, below the $5 median of 0.66. Among every New Hampshire game with a computable value it is 60 of 69; nationally it sits in the 5th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 4,320 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 931 days (likely range 652–1303).
Figures come from the prize data the New Hampshire lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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