Bonus Letter Crossword — $5 Florida Scratch-Off #1557
Bonus Letter Crossword (#1557) is a $5 Florida scratch-off launched on February 26, 2024. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #2 of 70 active games on current payout (92.2%, $4.61 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 21 $5 games, #5 on any-prize odds (1 in 2.74) and #10 on top-prize odds (1 in 869,273). Since launch the payout has risen 18.5 points (73.7% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 45.8% (1 in 4.00 at launch). 1 of 10 top prizes of $1,000,000 remain, and we estimate 869,273 tickets are still unsold (96.1% sold). Its current figures fail our plausibility check (the caution below), so whatever its place in the list, we do not count it among the best Florida scratch-offs to buy. A caution on the current figures: the any-prize odds have moved from 1 in 4.00 to 1 in 2.74, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.56 million and 1.93 million), usually because small prizes are claimed late, and the current odds and payout lean on that disagreement. The printed odds are the safer guide, and our summaries do not name this game the best of anything (how we estimate).
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Bonus Letter 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 Florida game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 317,101 of 5,608,817 prizes (5.7%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 2,241,660 | 1 in 869,273 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10.0% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 400,296 | 1 in 869,273 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 1.8% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 7,525 | 1 in 8,693 | 2,979 | 2,879 | 100 | 3.4% |
| $500 | 1 in 4,990 | 1 in 6,899 | 4,492 | 4,366 | 126 | 2.8% |
| $200 | 1 in 1,197 | 1 in 1,781 | 18,722 | 18,234 | 488 | 2.6% |
| $100 | 1 in 316.0 | 1 in 421.8 | 70,909 | 68,848 | 2,061 | 2.9% |
| $50 | 1 in 1,001 | 1 in 1,404 | 22,384 | 21,765 | 619 | 2.8% |
| $40 | 1 in 650.0 | 1 in 1,007 | 34,504 | 33,641 | 863 | 2.5% |
| $30 | 1 in 100.0 | 1 in 138.1 | 224,034 | 217,739 | 6,295 | 2.8% |
| $20 | 1 in 60.0 | 1 in 75.6 | 373,567 | 362,074 | 11,493 | 3.1% |
| $15 | 1 in 60.0 | 1 in 73.4 | 373,653 | 361,818 | 11,835 | 3.2% |
| $10 | 1 in 10.0 | 1 in 9.64 | 2,241,679 | 2,151,474 | 90,205 | 4.0% |
| $5 | 1 in 10.0 | 1 in 4.50 | 2,241,828 | 2,048,814 | 193,014 | 8.6% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.00 | 1 in 2.74 | 5,608,817 | 5,291,716 | 317,101 | 5.7% |
How Bonus Letter Crossword has moved
Recent claims of $1,000 and up
- September 29, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 100 remain.
- September 25, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 101 remain.
- September 19, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 103 remain.
- September 17, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 105 remain.
- September 16, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 106 remain.
- September 12, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 108 remain.
- September 10, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 109 remain.
- September 9, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 110 remain.
- September 27, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 748 remain.
- September 26, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 751 remain.
- September 25, 2025: 6 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 752 remain.
- September 24, 2025: 4 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 758 remain.
Bonus Letter Crossword: common questions
- How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Bonus Letter Crossword?
- 1 of 10 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 869,273.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Bonus Letter Crossword?
- 1 in 2.74 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.00 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.74, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.01.
- Is Bonus Letter Crossword worth buying?
- Its current payout is 92.2% ($4.61 back per $5 ticket), rank #2 of 70 in Florida. 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 50X The Cash (#1553, $5) at 78.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Bonus Letter Crossword tickets are left?
- We estimate 869,273 of roughly 22,418,280 printed tickets are unsold (96.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Bonus Letter Crossword launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on February 26, 2024. It is still on sale.
Other $5 Florida scratch-offs
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- MONOPOLY™ SECRET VAULT — 77.9% payout, 1 in 3.08 any prize
- Money Match — 75.6% payout, 1 in 3.47 any prize
- Precious Metals Gold Multiplier — 75.3% payout, 1 in 3.08 any prize
- The Price is Right™ — 74.3% payout, 1 in 4.02 any prize