How many $20,000 prizes are left in Tripling Bonus Crossword?

6 of 20 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,555,982.

What are the odds of winning anything on Tripling Bonus Crossword?

1 in 3.19 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.40 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.19, and the odds of winning more than the $3 ticket price are 1 in 4.06.

Is Tripling Bonus Crossword worth buying?

Its current payout is 66.7% ($2.00 back per $3 ticket), rank #44 of 55 in California. The best $3 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 15X (#1684, $3) at 71.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Tripling Bonus Crossword tickets are left?

We estimate 9,335,892 of roughly 24,480,000 printed tickets are unsold (61.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Tripling Bonus Crossword launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on March 23, 2026. It is still on sale.

Tripling Bonus Crossword — $3 California Scratcher #1720

Data captured October 25, 2026, 03:29 UTC · launched March 23, 2026

Tripling Bonus Crossword California scratcher ticket

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Tripling Bonus Crossword (#1720) is a $3 California scratcher launched on March 23, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #44 of 55 active games on current payout (66.7%, $2.00 expected back per ticket) and #2 of 5 $3 games, #13 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.19) and #33 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,555,982). Since launch the payout has risen 1.2 points (65.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 6.6% (1 in 3.40 at launch). 6 of 20 top prizes of $20,000 remain, and we estimate 9,335,892 tickets are still unsold (61.1% sold). That is below average for California; the California ranking lists show better payouts, including at $3.

Current payout

66.7%

65.5% at launch

Expected value

$2.00

per $3 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.19

1 in 3.40 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.19

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 4.06

win more than $3

$600+ odds

1 in 139,342

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

6 of 20

$20,000 each

Tickets remaining

38.9%

≈ 9,335,892 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 17, 2026, 8 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Tripling Bonus 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, 2,923,208 of 7,193,314 prizes (40.6%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$20,000	1 in 1,200,000	1 in 1,555,982	20	14	6	30.0%
$3,000	1 in 585,366	1 in 518,661	41	23	18	43.9%
$1,000	1 in 210,526	1 in 217,114	114	71	43	37.7%
$300	1 in 57,971	1 in 59,088	414	256	158	38.2%
$150	1 in 10,874	1 in 10,780	2,207	1,341	866	39.2%
$100	1 in 1,439	1 in 1,437	16,682	10,183	6,499	39.0%
$60	1 in 1,099	1 in 1,131	21,836	13,581	8,255	37.8%
$50	1 in 362.0	1 in 366.7	66,210	40,752	25,458	38.5%
$30	1 in 302.0	1 in 308.2	79,439	49,146	30,293	38.1%
$20	1 in 166.0	1 in 164.6	144,799	88,084	56,715	39.2%
$15	1 in 125.0	1 in 125.5	191,260	116,883	74,377	38.9%
$12	1 in 101.0	1 in 99.5	238,434	144,569	93,865	39.4%
$10	1 in 62.0	1 in 61.6	386,290	234,641	151,649	39.3%
$5	1 in 12.0	1 in 11.9	1,968,740	1,182,999	785,741	39.9%
$4	1 in 9.00	1 in 8.77	2,636,828	1,571,749	1,065,079	40.4%
$3	1 in 17.0	1 in 15.0	1,440,000	815,814	624,186	43.3%
All prizes	1 in 3.40	1 in 3.19	7,193,314	4,270,106	2,923,208	40.6%

How Tripling Bonus Crossword has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 24, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 43 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 44 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 45 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 46 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $20,000 prize was claimed; 6 remain.
October 15, 2026: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 18 remain.
October 14, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 47 remain.
October 8, 2026: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 19 remain.
October 7, 2026: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 20 remain.
October 3, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 48 remain.
October 2, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 49 remain.
September 30, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 51 remain.

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

Tripling Bonus Crossword: common questions

How many $20,000 prizes are left in Tripling Bonus Crossword?: 6 of 20 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,555,982.
What are the odds of winning anything on Tripling Bonus Crossword?: 1 in 3.19 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.40 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.19, and the odds of winning more than the $3 ticket price are 1 in 4.06.
Is Tripling Bonus Crossword worth buying?: Its current payout is 66.7% ($2.00 back per $3 ticket), rank #44 of 55 in California. The best $3 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 15X (#1684, $3) at 71.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Tripling Bonus Crossword tickets are left?: We estimate 9,335,892 of roughly 24,480,000 printed tickets are unsold (61.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Tripling Bonus Crossword launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on March 23, 2026. It is still on sale.

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LOTERIA™ — 65.2% payout, 1 in 3.76 any prize

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