How many $750,000 prizes are left in Mystery Crossword?

18 of 25 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,139,934.

What are the odds of winning anything on Mystery Crossword?

1 in 3.55 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.33 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.55, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 8.01.

Is Mystery Crossword worth buying?

Its current payout is 75.6% ($7.56 back per $10 ticket), rank #18 of 55 in California. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Set For Life (#1748, $10) at 81.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Mystery Crossword tickets are left?

We estimate 20,518,804 of roughly 28,800,000 printed tickets are unsold (31.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

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

It launched on August 24, 2026. It is still on sale.

Mystery Crossword — $10 California Scratcher #1743

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:29 UTC · launched August 24, 2026

Mystery Crossword California scratcher ticket

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Mystery Crossword (#1743) is a $10 California scratcher launched on August 24, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #18 of 55 active games on current payout (75.6%, $7.56 expected back per ticket) and #2 of 10 $10 games, #25 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.55) and #24 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,139,934). Since launch the payout has fallen 2.9 points (78.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 6.2% (1 in 3.33 at launch). 18 of 25 top prizes of $750,000 remain, and we estimate 20,518,804 tickets are still unsold (31.2% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout

75.6%

78.5% at launch

Expected value

$7.56

per $10 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.55

1 in 3.33 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.55

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 8.01

win more than $10

$600+ odds

1 in 7,195

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

18 of 25

$750,000 each

Tickets remaining

68.8%

≈ 20,518,804 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 24, 2026, yesterday.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Mystery 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, 5,782,659 of 8,653,564 prizes (66.8%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$750,000	1 in 1,200,000	1 in 1,139,934	25	7	18	72.0%
$10,000	1 in 600,000	1 in 586,252	50	15	35	70.0%
$4,000	1 in 394,737	1 in 359,979	76	19	57	75.0%
$2,000	1 in 384,615	1 in 366,407	78	22	56	71.8%
$1,000	1 in 7,964	1 in 7,639	3,767	1,081	2,686	71.3%
$400	1 in 4,782	1 in 4,888	6,273	2,075	4,198	66.9%
$200	1 in 536.0	1 in 552.8	56,014	18,895	37,119	66.3%
$100	1 in 49.0	1 in 51.0	607,000	204,310	402,690	66.3%
$60	1 in 100.0	1 in 102.5	301,280	101,120	200,160	66.4%
$40	1 in 63.0	1 in 64.7	479,001	161,658	317,343	66.3%
$20	1 in 12.0	1 in 12.9	2,400,000	804,154	1,595,846	66.5%
$10	1 in 6.00	1 in 6.37	4,800,000	1,577,549	3,222,451	67.1%
All prizes	1 in 3.33	1 in 3.55	8,653,564	2,870,905	5,782,659	66.8%

How Mystery Crossword has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Mystery Crossword. 49 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: 2 $750,000 prizes were claimed; 18 remain.
October 24, 2026: 2 $4,000 prizes were claimed; 57 remain.
October 24, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 56 remain.
October 24, 2026: 27 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,686 remain.
October 23, 2026: 30 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,713 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $4,000 prize was claimed; 59 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 57 remain.
October 22, 2026: 21 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,743 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 35 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $4,000 prize was claimed; 60 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 58 remain.
October 21, 2026: 18 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 2,764 remain.

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

Mystery Crossword: common questions

How many $750,000 prizes are left in Mystery Crossword?: 18 of 25 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,139,934.
What are the odds of winning anything on Mystery Crossword?: 1 in 3.55 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.33 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.55, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 8.01.
Is Mystery Crossword worth buying?: Its current payout is 75.6% ($7.56 back per $10 ticket), rank #18 of 55 in California. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Set For Life (#1748, $10) at 81.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Mystery Crossword tickets are left?: We estimate 20,518,804 of roughly 28,800,000 printed tickets are unsold (31.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Mystery Crossword launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on August 24, 2026. It is still on sale.

Other $10 California scratchers

Set For Life — 81.6% payout, 1 in 3.87 any prize
California Jackpot — 74.6% payout, 1 in 3.35 any prize
$50 or $100 — 73.4% payout, 1 in 8.08 any prize
$1,000,000 Poker — 73.2% payout, 1 in 3.54 any prize
Neon Jackpot — 72.9% payout, 1 in 3.55 any prize

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