CROSSWORD PLUS — $3 Missouri Scratcher #477
CROSSWORD PLUS (#477) was a $3 Missouri scratcher launched on September 11, 2024. Its final figures, from October 15, 2026, were 82.5% payout ($2.48 expected back per ticket), 1 in 2.49 for any prize and 1 in 513,878 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 16.4 points (66.2% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 54.9% (1 in 3.86 at launch). 1 of 10 top prizes of $50,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 93.5% of its tickets had sold. CROSSWORD PLUS is no longer on sale in Missouri; the figures below are final as of October 15, 2026 and prizes can be claimed until October 14, 2026.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in CROSSWORD PLUS, 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, 206,282 of 2,047,228 prizes (10.1%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 1 in 790,230 | 1 in 513,878 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10.0% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 246,947 | 1 in 513,878 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 3.1% |
| $520 | 1 in 23,519 | 1 in 51,388 | 336 | 326 | 10 | 3.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 23,802 | 1 in 27,046 | 332 | 313 | 19 | 5.7% |
| $103 | 1 in 1,606 | 1 in 2,031 | 4,922 | 4,669 | 253 | 5.1% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,521 | 1 in 2,000 | 5,196 | 4,939 | 257 | 4.9% |
| $60 | 1 in 799.2 | 1 in 1,171 | 9,888 | 9,449 | 439 | 4.4% |
| $53 | 1 in 9,498 | 1 in 8,424 | 832 | 771 | 61 | 7.3% |
| $50 | 1 in 737.3 | 1 in 781.0 | 10,718 | 10,060 | 658 | 6.1% |
| $20 | 1 in 100.0 | 1 in 105.0 | 79,016 | 74,124 | 4,892 | 6.2% |
| $16 | 1 in 199.7 | 1 in 226.7 | 39,562 | 37,295 | 2,267 | 5.7% |
| $10 | 1 in 25.0 | 1 in 22.6 | 315,848 | 293,143 | 22,705 | 7.2% |
| $6 | 1 in 10.00 | 1 in 7.59 | 790,376 | 722,650 | 67,726 | 8.6% |
| $3 | 1 in 10.0 | 1 in 4.80 | 790,160 | 683,167 | 106,993 | 13.5% |
| All prizes | 1 in 3.86 | 1 in 2.49 | 2,047,228 | 1,840,946 | 206,282 | 10.1% |
How CROSSWORD PLUS has moved
CROSSWORD PLUS: common questions
- How many $50,000 prizes are left in CROSSWORD PLUS?
- 1 of 10 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 513,878.
- What are the odds of winning anything on CROSSWORD PLUS?
- 1 in 2.49 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.86 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.49, and the odds of winning more than the $3 ticket price are 1 in 5.18.
- Is CROSSWORD PLUS worth buying?
- Its current payout is 82.5% ($2.48 back per $3 ticket), rank #— of 49 in Missouri. That figure fails our plausibility check (see the caution above), so read it as approximate and not as a reason to buy. The best $3 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is COSMIC CROSSWORD (#528, $3) at 72.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many CROSSWORD PLUS tickets are left?
- We estimate 513,878 of roughly 7,902,300 printed tickets are unsold (93.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did CROSSWORD PLUS launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on September 11, 2024. It has ended.
Other $3 Missouri scratchers
- COSMIC CROSSWORD — 72.2% payout, 1 in 3.31 any prize