How many $250,000 prizes are left in $250,000 CROSSWORD?

4 of 5 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 686,097.

What are the odds of winning anything on $250,000 CROSSWORD?

1 in 3.27 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.24 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.27, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 7.23.

Is $250,000 CROSSWORD worth buying?

Its current payout is 73.7% ($7.37 back per $10 ticket), rank #23 of 49 in Missouri. The best $10 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is $1,000,000* CASH CRAZE (#493, $10) at 79.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $250,000 CROSSWORD tickets are left?

We estimate 2,744,386 of roughly 4,272,209 printed tickets are unsold (35.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $250,000 CROSSWORD launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on April 27, 2026. It is still on sale.

$250,000 CROSSWORD — $10 Missouri Scratcher #550

Data captured November 6, 2026, 16:10 UTC · launched April 27, 2026

$250,000 CROSSWORD Missouri scratcher ticket

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$250,000 CROSSWORD (#550) is a $10 Missouri scratcher launched on April 27, 2026. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #23 of 49 active games on current payout (73.7%, $7.37 expected back per ticket) and #6 of 8 $10 games, #17 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.27) and #12 on top-prize odds (1 in 686,097). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.6 points (74.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.8% (1 in 3.24 at launch). 4 of 5 top prizes of $250,000 remain, and we estimate 2,744,386 tickets are still unsold (35.8% 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

73.7%

74.3% at launch

Expected value

$7.37

per $10 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.27

1 in 3.24 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.27

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.23

win more than $10

$600+ odds

1 in 5,992

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

4 of 5

$250,000 each

Tickets remaining

64.2%

≈ 2,744,386 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $250,000 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 Missouri game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 840,096 of 1,318,583 prizes (63.7%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$250,000	1 in 854,442	1 in 686,097	5	1	4	80.0%
$25,000	1 in 427,221	1 in 457,398	10	4	6	60.0%
$5,000	1 in 92,874	1 in 94,634	46	17	29	63.0%
$1,000	1 in 6,573	1 in 6,550	650	231	419	64.5%
$500	1 in 2,852	1 in 2,945	1,498	566	932	62.2%
$200	1 in 997.2	1 in 1,028	4,284	1,614	2,670	62.3%
$100	1 in 59.9	1 in 61.8	71,307	26,883	44,424	62.3%
$50	1 in 59.9	1 in 61.8	71,307	26,895	44,412	62.3%
$30	1 in 52.1	1 in 53.6	82,007	30,762	51,245	62.5%
$20	1 in 11.4	1 in 11.6	374,368	138,670	235,698	63.0%
$10	1 in 5.99	1 in 5.96	713,101	252,844	460,257	64.5%
All prizes	1 in 3.24	1 in 3.27	1,318,583	478,487	840,096	63.7%

How $250,000 CROSSWORD has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $250,000 CROSSWORD. 47 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

November 6, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 419 remain.
November 6, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 29 remain.
November 5, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 421 remain.
November 4, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 423 remain.
November 3, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 424 remain.
October 31, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 426 remain.
October 29, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 427 remain.
October 28, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 428 remain.
October 24, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 429 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 431 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 432 remain.
October 20, 2026: 5 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 433 remain.

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

$250,000 CROSSWORD: common questions

How many $250,000 prizes are left in $250,000 CROSSWORD?: 4 of 5 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 686,097.
What are the odds of winning anything on $250,000 CROSSWORD?: 1 in 3.27 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.24 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.27, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 7.23.
Is $250,000 CROSSWORD worth buying?: Its current payout is 73.7% ($7.37 back per $10 ticket), rank #23 of 49 in Missouri. The best $10 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is $1,000,000* CASH CRAZE (#493, $10) at 79.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $250,000 CROSSWORD tickets are left?: We estimate 2,744,386 of roughly 4,272,209 printed tickets are unsold (35.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $250,000 CROSSWORD launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on April 27, 2026. It is still on sale.

Other $10 Missouri scratchers

$1,000,000* CASH CRAZE — 79.9% payout, 1 in 3.17 any prize
$1,000,000 CASH PAYOUT — 77.3% payout, 1 in 3.25 any prize
BLACK DIAMOND — 76.4% payout, 1 in 3.15 any prize
$1,000 FRENZY — 75.2% payout, 1 in 3.24 any prize
$50 & $100 BLOWOUT — 75.1% payout, 1 in 7.88 any prize

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