How many $400,000 prizes are left in Crossword Bonanza?

1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,088,750.

What are the odds of winning anything on Crossword Bonanza?

1 in 3.49 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.51 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.41, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.42.

Is Crossword Bonanza worth buying?

Its current payout is 74.8% ($14.97 back per $20 ticket), rank #9 of 57 in New Jersey. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Black Opal 7's (#01991, $20) at 77.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Crossword Bonanza tickets are left?

We estimate 1,088,750 of roughly 2,470,980 printed tickets are unsold (55.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Crossword Bonanza launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on July 7, 2026. It is still on sale.

Crossword Bonanza — $20 New Jersey Scratch-Off #01976

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:10 UTC · launched July 7, 2026

Crossword Bonanza New Jersey scratch-off ticket

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Crossword Bonanza (#01976) is a $20 New Jersey scratch-off launched on July 7, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #9 of 57 active games on current payout (74.8%, $14.97 expected back per ticket) and #3 of 8 $20 games, #2 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.49) and #25 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,088,750). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.3 points (75.2% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 0.6% (1 in 3.51 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $400,000 remain, and we estimate 1,088,750 tickets are still unsold (55.9% 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

74.8%

75.2% at launch

Expected value

$14.97

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.49

1 in 3.51 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 5.41

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.42

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 18,772

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

1 of 3

$400,000 each

Tickets remaining

44.1%

≈ 1,088,750 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 14, 2026, 11 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Crossword Bonanza, 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 New Jersey game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 312,073 of 704,186 prizes (44.3%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$400,000	1 in 823,660	1 in 1,088,750	3	2	1	33.3%
$25,000	1 in 123,549	1 in 98,977	20	9	11	55.0%
$2,000	1 in 23,759	1 in 23,668	104	58	46	44.2%
$500	1 in 299.4	1 in 297.6	8,254	4,595	3,659	44.3%
$200	1 in 217.7	1 in 219.2	11,350	6,383	4,967	43.8%
$150	1 in 193.2	1 in 193.7	12,789	7,167	5,622	44.0%
$100	1 in 35.3	1 in 35.5	69,990	39,364	30,626	43.8%
$80	1 in 98.3	1 in 99.2	25,126	14,151	10,975	43.7%
$60	1 in 120.0	1 in 120.9	20,591	11,585	9,006	43.7%
$50	1 in 20.0	1 in 20.1	123,549	69,427	54,122	43.8%
$30	1 in 13.3	1 in 13.3	185,335	103,665	81,670	44.1%
FREE $20 TICKETfree ticket	1 in 10.0	1 in 9.78	247,075	135,707	111,368	45.1%
All prizes	1 in 3.51	1 in 3.49	704,186	392,113	312,073	44.3%

How Crossword Bonanza has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 25, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 46 remain.
October 23, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 47 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 48 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 49 remain.
October 18, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 50 remain.
October 14, 2026: one $400,000 prize was claimed; 1 remain.
October 14, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 51 remain.
October 13, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 52 remain.
October 13, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 53 remain.
October 10, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 54 remain.
October 9, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 55 remain.
October 5, 2026: one $25,000 prize was claimed; 11 remain.

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

Crossword Bonanza: common questions

How many $400,000 prizes are left in Crossword Bonanza?: 1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,088,750.
What are the odds of winning anything on Crossword Bonanza?: 1 in 3.49 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.51 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 5.41, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.42.
Is Crossword Bonanza worth buying?: Its current payout is 74.8% ($14.97 back per $20 ticket), rank #9 of 57 in New Jersey. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Black Opal 7's (#01991, $20) at 77.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Crossword Bonanza tickets are left?: We estimate 1,088,750 of roughly 2,470,980 printed tickets are unsold (55.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Crossword Bonanza launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on July 7, 2026. It is still on sale.

Other $20 New Jersey scratch-offs

Black Opal 7's — 77.8% payout, 1 in 3.88 any prize
100X — 76.3% payout, 1 in 3.82 any prize
$1 Million Premier Ca$h — 73.1% payout, 1 in 3.82 any prize
Mega Hot 7's — 72.9% payout, 1 in 3.82 any prize
Quarter Million Ca$h — 69.6% payout, 1 in 4.05 any prize

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