How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in $1,000,000 CROSSWORD?

1 of 6 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 551,470.

What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000,000 CROSSWORD?

1 in 4.22 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.41 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.22, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 9.82.

Is $1,000,000 CROSSWORD worth buying?

Its current payout is 60.4% ($12.09 back per $20 ticket), rank #72 of 77 in Texas. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 200X The Cash (#2613, $20) at 75.5%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $1,000,000 CROSSWORD tickets are left?

We estimate 551,470 of roughly 15,267,249 printed tickets are unsold (96.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $1,000,000 CROSSWORD launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on June 16, 2025. It is still on sale.

$1,000,000 CROSSWORD — $20 Texas Scratch-Off #2658

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:25 UTC · launched June 16, 2025

$1,000,000 CROSSWORD Texas scratch-off ticket

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$1,000,000 CROSSWORD (#2658) is a $20 Texas scratch-off launched on June 16, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #72 of 77 active games on current payout (60.4%, $12.09 expected back per ticket) and #17 of 17 $20 games, #58 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.22) and #9 on top-prize odds (1 in 551,470). Since launch the payout has fallen 14.6 points (75.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 19.2% (1 in 3.41 at launch). 1 of 6 top prizes of $1,000,000 remain, and we estimate 551,470 tickets are still unsold (96.4% sold). That is below average for Texas; the Texas ranking lists show better payouts, including at $20.

Current payout

60.4%

75.0% at launch

Expected value

$12.09

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.22

1 in 3.41 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.22

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 9.82

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 78,781

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

1 of 6

$1,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

3.6%

≈ 551,470 tickets

Top prize still waiting. Last 4% of tickets, a top prize still waiting: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 551,470, was 1 in 2.5 million). More Texas games like this.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $1,000,000 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 Texas game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 130,707 of 4,479,942 prizes (2.9%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$1,000,000	1 in 2,544,542	1 in 551,470	6	5	1	16.7%
$20,000	1 in 763,363	all claimed	20	20	0	0.0%
$2,000	1 in 58,947	1 in 91,912	259	253	6	2.3%
$500	1 in 1,403	1 in 2,495	10,879	10,658	221	2.0%
$200	1 in 120.0	1 in 197.9	127,255	124,468	2,787	2.2%
$150	1 in 228.3	1 in 353.7	66,876	65,317	1,559	2.3%
$100	1 in 21.4	1 in 32.6	712,532	695,600	16,932	2.4%
$50	1 in 18.8	1 in 30.4	814,222	796,097	18,125	2.2%
$40	1 in 21.4	1 in 33.4	712,485	695,952	16,533	2.3%
$20	1 in 7.50	1 in 7.40	2,035,408	1,960,865	74,543	3.7%
All prizes	1 in 3.41	1 in 4.22	4,479,942	4,349,235	130,707	2.9%

How $1,000,000 CROSSWORD has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $1,000,000 CROSSWORD. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 6, 2026: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 6 remain.
September 15, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 8 remain.
September 27, 2025: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 207 remain.
September 26, 2025: one $1,000,000 prize was claimed; 4 remain.
September 25, 2025: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 209 remain.
September 24, 2025: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 211 remain.
September 23, 2025: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 213 remain.
September 20, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 215 remain.
September 13, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 216 remain.
September 11, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 217 remain.
September 10, 2025: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 218 remain.
September 9, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 220 remain.

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

$1,000,000 CROSSWORD: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in $1,000,000 CROSSWORD?: 1 of 6 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 551,470.
What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000,000 CROSSWORD?: 1 in 4.22 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.41 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.22, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 9.82.
Is $1,000,000 CROSSWORD worth buying?: Its current payout is 60.4% ($12.09 back per $20 ticket), rank #72 of 77 in Texas. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 200X The Cash (#2613, $20) at 75.5%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $1,000,000 CROSSWORD tickets are left?: We estimate 551,470 of roughly 15,267,249 printed tickets are unsold (96.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $1,000,000 CROSSWORD launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on June 16, 2025. It is still on sale.

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