How many $75,000 prizes are left in MEGA Crossword?

0 of 48 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 MEGA Crossword?

1 in 2.49 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.68 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.49, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 4.93.

Is MEGA Crossword worth buying?

Its current payout is 84.1% ($4.20 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 55 in California. That figure fails our plausibility check (see the caution above), so read it as approximate and not as a reason to buy. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is LOTERIA™ Extra! (#1688, $5) at 74.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many MEGA Crossword tickets are left?

We estimate 1,937,013 of roughly 57,034,824 printed tickets are unsold (96.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

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

It launched on June 24, 2024. It has ended.

MEGA Crossword — $5 California Scratcher #1628

Final figures from October 12, 2026 · launched June 24, 2024 · ended

MEGA Crossword California scratcher ticket

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MEGA Crossword (#1628) was a $5 California scratcher launched on June 24, 2024. Its final figures, from October 12, 2026, were 84.1% payout ($4.20 expected back per ticket), 1 in 2.49 for any prize and — for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 15.1 points (69.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 48.1% (1 in 3.68 at launch). 0 of 48 top prizes of $75,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 96.7% of its tickets had sold. MEGA Crossword is no longer on sale in California; the figures below are final as of October 12, 2026 and prizes can be claimed until October 11, 2026.

Current payout

84.1%

69.0% at launch

Expected value

$4.20

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 2.49

1 in 3.68 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 2.49

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 4.93

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 30,266

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

0 of 48

$75,000 each

Tickets remaining

3.3%

≈ 1,937,013 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in MEGA Crossword, 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, 779,263 of 15,496,975 prizes (5.0%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$75,000	1 in 1,234,520	all claimed	48	48	0	0.0%
$5,000	1 in 79,433	1 in 92,239	746	725	21	2.8%
$1,000	1 in 39,850	1 in 45,047	1,487	1,444	43	2.9%
$500	1 in 3,066	1 in 3,798	19,325	18,815	510	2.6%
$100	1 in 597.0	1 in 645.0	99,266	96,263	3,003	3.0%
$50	1 in 313.0	1 in 331.4	189,050	183,205	5,845	3.1%
$30	1 in 199.0	1 in 201.0	297,042	287,405	9,637	3.2%
$25	1 in 160.0	1 in 173.2	369,407	358,223	11,184	3.0%
$20	1 in 40.0	1 in 36.1	1,480,986	1,427,392	53,594	3.6%
$15	1 in 21.0	1 in 20.1	2,810,284	2,714,008	96,276	3.4%
$10	1 in 12.0	1 in 9.09	5,044,350	4,831,182	213,168	4.2%
$5	1 in 11.0	1 in 5.02	5,184,984	4,799,002	385,982	7.4%
All prizes	1 in 3.68	1 in 2.49	15,496,975	14,717,712	779,263	5.0%

How MEGA Crossword has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 1, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 43 remain.
September 27, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 289 remain.
September 26, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 166 remain.
September 26, 2025: 6 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 292 remain.
September 25, 2025: 2 $5,000 prizes were claimed; 167 remain.
September 25, 2025: 6 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 298 remain.
September 24, 2025: one $75,000 prize was claimed; 9 remain.
September 24, 2025: 2 $5,000 prizes were claimed; 169 remain.
September 24, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 304 remain.
September 23, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 306 remain.
September 20, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 309 remain.
September 19, 2025: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 310 remain.

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

MEGA Crossword: common questions

How many $75,000 prizes are left in MEGA Crossword?: 0 of 48 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 MEGA Crossword?: 1 in 2.49 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.68 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.49, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 4.93.
Is MEGA Crossword worth buying?: Its current payout is 84.1% ($4.20 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 55 in California. That figure fails our plausibility check (see the caution above), so read it as approximate and not as a reason to buy. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is LOTERIA™ Extra! (#1688, $5) at 74.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many MEGA Crossword tickets are left?: We estimate 1,937,013 of roughly 57,034,824 printed tickets are unsold (96.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did MEGA Crossword launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on June 24, 2024. It has ended.

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