Top Secret Money Puzzle — $5 New Hampshire scratch-off ticket
NH · #1689 · $5

Top Secret Money Puzzle

New Hampshire· Launched Feb 2026· 203 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.61

USA percentile

25th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

1

$100,000 tier

% sold-through

66%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~133d

P10–P90: 93–186d

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Top Secret Money Puzzle is a $5 scratch-off game from the New Hampshire (game #1689). It launched in February 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $100 remains unclaimed, with roughly 66% of tickets sold, as published by the New Hampshire. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.12. Our models put its expected value at 0.61 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.61 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.61 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.25% of $100,000 prizes still unclaimed at 66% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 25.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~133 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 25th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

14 tiers · % remaining
$100K
1/4
25%
$2K
1/6
$500
31/116
$200
107/378
$125
143/516
$100
369/1.4K
$75
543/1.9K
$50
1.9K/6.5K
$30
1.2K/4.4K
$25
4.9K/16.7K
$20
3.1K/10.4K
$15
2.5K/8.3K
$10
27.6K/83.6K
$5
43.2K/119.1K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.08M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 active games

Where 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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NH median0.64 EV/$
YOU · 25th
USA: 25th percentileNH: 39th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 18Jun 27Jul 19Jul 27Aug 4Aug 14Aug 23Jan 110%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~01-11

Daily drainage

~25.50% / day

Days left (P50)

133 days

P10 / P90 range

93–186 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.61

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · 0%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NH field

64 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.300.601.07break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

No 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.

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