Crossword
Crossword is a $3 New Jersey scratch-off, game #1953. The $20,000 top prize launched at 1 in 699,540. Right now 1 of 20 of those top prizes are still sitting unclaimed.
- Ticket price
- $3
- Top prize
- $20,000
- Top prizes left
- 1 / 20
- Launch odds
- 1 in 699,540
- Print run
- 13,990,800
- Odds now
- 1 in 1,291,265
The full prize breakdown for Crossword
Every prize level, the launch odds printed on the ticket, how many prizes are still unclaimed, and — because this is a flagged game — today’s live odds recalculated for right now, all shown free.
| Prize | Launch odds | Odds now | Prizes left |
|---|---|---|---|
| $20,000 | 1 in 699,540 | 1 in 1,291,265 | 1 / 20 |
| $5,000 | 1 in 635,945 | 1 in 1,291,265 | 1 / 22 |
| $500 | 1 in 304,148 | 1 in 322,816 | 4 / 46 |
| $100 | 1 in 431 | 1 in 687 | 1,879 / 32,466 |
| $25 | 1 in 33 | 1 in 53 | 24,542 / 419,734 |
| $10 | 1 in 24 | 1 in 34 | 37,532 / 587,648 |
| $5 | 1 in 17 | 1 in 20 | 65,269 / 839,166 |
| FREE $3 TICKET | 1 in 14 | 1 in 10 | 132,460 / 979,628 |
Every tier above shows today’s real odds recalculated from the prizes and tickets still left, right beside the launch odds printed on the ticket — no membership needed. Savvy Scratch gives away the New and Bad buckets in full; our ranked best-value order across the whole board is the members feature.
Launch odds vs. real odds on Crossword
The odds printed on Crossword were set the day it went to print and they never move. The real odds do, every single day, as prizes get claimed and tickets sell. When the $20,000 prizes get scooped up faster than the tickets sell, the real odds on that top prize get worse than what’s on the front. When tickets sell faster than the big prizes go, they get better. With 1 of 20 top prizes still out there, whether Crossword is worth your money comes down to the odds today — and for this game that number is right above, free.
Crossword questions
- Does Crossword still have its top prize?
- Yes. 1 of 20 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed on Crossword (New Jersey game #1953), going by the latest numbers the New Jersey Lottery reports.
- What are the real odds on Crossword right now?
- The $20,000 top prize launched at 1 in 699,540, and that is the number printed on the ticket. Those odds were locked in the day the game printed and they never move. The odds that actually matter get recalculated from the prizes and tickets still left today, and that live number is the one members see.
- How much is a Crossword ticket?
- Crossword costs $3 in New Jersey.
- Why doesn't the New Jersey Lottery just tell me this?
- Because the odds printed on the ticket make every game look identical from the day it launches to the day it ends. The lottery has no reason to point out that a game's best prizes are already claimed. We read the remaining-prize data New Jersey publishes every day and do the math they leave out.
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