How many $7,000,000 prizes are left in Crossword Xtreme?

0 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.

What are the odds of winning anything on Crossword Xtreme?

1 in 2.54 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 2.72 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.54, and the odds of winning more than the $30 ticket price are 1 in 3.52.

Is Crossword Xtreme worth buying?

Its current payout is 80.7% ($24.20 back per $30 ticket), rank #— of 55 in California. The best $30 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Crossword Xtreme (#1726, $30) at 79.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Crossword Xtreme tickets are left?

We estimate 4,593,364 of roughly 19,708,380 printed tickets are unsold (76.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Crossword Xtreme launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on April 21, 2025. It has ended.

Crossword Xtreme — $30 California Scratcher #1673

Final figures from October 19, 2026 · launched April 21, 2025 · ended

Crossword Xtreme California scratcher ticket

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Crossword Xtreme (#1673) was a $30 California scratcher launched on April 21, 2025. Its final figures, from October 19, 2026, were 80.7% payout ($24.20 expected back per ticket), 1 in 2.54 for any prize and — for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 0.6 points (80.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 6.9% (1 in 2.72 at launch). 0 of 4 top prizes of $7,000,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 76.7% of its tickets had sold. Crossword Xtreme is no longer on sale in California; the figures below are final as of October 19, 2026 and prizes can be claimed until October 18, 2026.

Current payout

80.7%

80.1% at launch

Expected value

$24.20

per $30 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 2.54

1 in 2.72 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 2.54

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 3.52

win more than $30

$600+ odds

1 in 861.3

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

0 of 4

$7,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

23.3%

≈ 4,593,364 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Crossword Xtreme, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other California game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 1,806,212 of 7,251,404 prizes (24.9%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$7,000,000	1 in 4,927,095	all claimed	4	4	0	0.0%
$500,000	1 in 821,182	1 in 656,195	24	17	7	29.2%
$50,000	1 in 635,754	1 in 656,195	31	24	7	22.6%
$10,000	1 in 307,943	1 in 287,085	64	48	16	25.0%
$5,000	1 in 23,716	1 in 22,853	831	630	201	24.2%
$1,000	1 in 992.0	1 in 900.3	19,869	14,767	5,102	25.7%
$500	1 in 298.0	1 in 278.7	66,174	49,690	16,484	24.9%
$250	1 in 238.0	1 in 224.3	82,793	62,310	20,483	24.7%
$150	1 in 106.0	1 in 99.3	186,511	140,235	46,276	24.8%
$100	1 in 59.0	1 in 56.0	331,437	249,378	82,059	24.8%
$75	1 in 30.0	1 in 28.1	659,532	496,018	163,514	24.8%
$60	1 in 30.0	1 in 29.0	648,566	490,404	158,162	24.4%
$50	1 in 15.0	1 in 14.1	1,313,892	989,192	324,700	24.7%
$40	1 in 10.0	1 in 9.40	1,970,838	1,482,197	488,641	24.8%
$30	1 in 10.0	1 in 9.18	1,970,838	1,470,278	500,560	25.4%
All prizes	1 in 2.72	1 in 2.54	7,251,404	5,445,192	1,806,212	24.9%

How Crossword Xtreme has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Crossword Xtreme. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 17, 2026: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 5,102 remain.
October 15, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 5,106 remain.
October 3, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 5,107 remain.
October 2, 2026: 7 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 5,108 remain.
October 1, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 5,115 remain.
September 24, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 5,116 remain.
September 23, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 5,118 remain.
September 18, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 5,120 remain.
September 27, 2025: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 28 remain.
September 27, 2025: 5 $5,000 prizes were claimed; 407 remain.
September 27, 2025: 67 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 8,932 remain.
September 26, 2025: 2 $5,000 prizes were claimed; 412 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Crossword Xtreme: common questions

How many $7,000,000 prizes are left in Crossword Xtreme?: 0 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.
What are the odds of winning anything on Crossword Xtreme?: 1 in 2.54 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 2.72 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.54, and the odds of winning more than the $30 ticket price are 1 in 3.52.
Is Crossword Xtreme worth buying?: Its current payout is 80.7% ($24.20 back per $30 ticket), rank #— of 55 in California. The best $30 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Crossword Xtreme (#1726, $30) at 79.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Crossword Xtreme tickets are left?: We estimate 4,593,364 of roughly 19,708,380 printed tickets are unsold (76.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Crossword Xtreme launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on April 21, 2025. It has ended.

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