$500 Cash Crossword — $5 Minnesota Scratch Game #2105
As of October 14, 2026, $500 Cash Crossword ($5, #2105) still has 2,167 of 2,700 $500 top prizes unclaimed (80% of those printed). It is #11 of 37 Minnesota scratch games on our list (games with a top prize still unclaimed first, by the share of their top prizes still unclaimed, then by the better overall odds). Minnesota prints its overall odds as 1 in 3.47.
No payout figure, on purpose. Minnesota publishes only the prizes of $500 and up for each game, with how many were printed and how many are left. A payout, an expected value or the odds today each need every prize level and how many were printed, so for Minnesota we show exactly what its lottery publishes and compute nothing from it. A figure built from part of a table would be wrong, not rough: it is how one state's partial table produced games that appeared to pay back more than they cost. How we treat partial prize tables.
Prizes remaining, as Minnesota publishes them
This is a partial prize table. Minnesota publishes the top one prize level of $500 Cash Crossword and how many were printed and are left. The levels below are not published, so they are not here. Nothing in this table is an estimate. For the complete prize structure see the game's page on the Minnesota Lottery site.
| Prize | Remaining | Printed | Claimed |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 2,167 | 2,700 | 533 |
$500 Cash Crossword: common questions
- How many $500 top prizes are left in $500 Cash Crossword?
- 2,167 of the 2,700 printed, as of October 14, 2026.
- What are the odds of winning on $500 Cash Crossword?
- Minnesota prints overall odds of 1 in 3.47 for $500 Cash Crossword: the chance a ticket wins any prize at all, fixed when the game was printed. It does not publish the odds of each prize level, so we do not show any.
- Is $500 Cash Crossword a good scratch game to buy?
- We cannot price it. Minnesota publishes only the prizes of $500 and up for each game, with how many were printed and how many are left, and a value needs the whole table. What the figures do say is that its top prize is still in play (2,167 of 2,700 left).
- How does $500 Cash Crossword compare with other $5 Minnesota scratch games?
- 9 of the 9 $5 games Minnesota lists still have a top prize unclaimed. $500 Cash Crossword is #11 of 37 on our Minnesota list (games with a top prize still unclaimed first, by the share of their top prizes still unclaimed, then by the better overall odds).
- Where do these numbers come from?
- From the Minnesota Lottery's own prize figures, read daily. We show its prize levels of $500 and up as published and calculate nothing from them.
Other $5 Minnesota scratch games
- Peppermint Bark 7s — top prize $100,000, 4 of 4 left, overall odds 1 in 3.65
- Crossword Gems — top prize $100,000, 4 of 4 left, overall odds 1 in 3.66
- Forest Fortune — top prize $100,000, 4 of 4 left, overall odds 1 in 3.76
- Platinum Cash — top prize $100,000, 3 of 4 left, overall odds 1 in 3.72
- Struck by Luck — top prize $100,000, 3 of 4 left, overall odds 1 in 3.76