How many $50,000 prizes are left in Crossword?

5 of 18 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,014,121.

What are the odds of winning anything on Crossword?

1 in 3.75 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.07 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.75, and the odds of winning more than the $3 ticket price are 1 in 7.22.

Is Crossword worth buying?

Its current payout is 68.1% ($2.04 back per $3 ticket), rank #— of 77 in Texas. The best $3 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Cashword (#2662, $3) at 66.7%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Crossword tickets are left?

We estimate 10,070,604 of roughly 35,505,258 printed tickets are unsold (71.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Crossword launch and is it still on sale?

We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It has ended.

Crossword — $3 Texas Scratch-Off #2504

Final figures from September 28, 2025 · ended

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Crossword (#2504) was a $3 Texas scratch-off. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 68.1% payout ($2.04 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.75 for any prize and 1 in 2,014,121 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 2.1 points (66.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 8.6% (1 in 4.07 at launch). 5 of 18 top prizes of $50,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 71.7% of its tickets had sold. Crossword is no longer on sale in Texas; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025 and prizes can be claimed until January 11, 2027.

Current payout

68.1%

66.0% at launch

Expected value

$2.04

per $3 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.75

1 in 4.07 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.75

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.22

win more than $3

$600+ odds

1 in 437,852

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

5 of 18

$50,000 each

Tickets remaining

28.3%

≈ 10,070,604 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in 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, 2,687,458 of 8,725,299 prizes (30.8%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$50,000	1 in 1,972,791	1 in 2,014,121	18	13	5	27.8%
$5,000	1 in 486,442	1 in 559,478	73	55	18	24.7%
$500	1 in 11,916	1 in 12,326	2,980	2,163	817	27.4%
$100	1 in 615.3	1 in 622.6	57,715	41,541	16,174	28.0%
$50	1 in 249.9	1 in 253.9	142,094	102,432	39,662	27.9%
$20	1 in 83.3	1 in 84.0	426,041	306,174	119,867	28.1%
$15	1 in 71.4	1 in 71.6	497,220	356,618	140,602	28.3%
$10	1 in 20.8	1 in 20.6	1,704,492	1,215,853	488,639	28.7%
$5	1 in 17.9	1 in 17.1	1,988,697	1,398,980	589,717	29.7%
$3	1 in 9.09	1 in 7.79	3,905,969	2,614,012	1,291,957	33.1%
All prizes	1 in 4.07	1 in 3.75	8,725,299	6,037,841	2,687,458	30.8%

How Crossword has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 16, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 18 remain.
September 5, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 19 remain.
August 28, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 20 remain.
August 1, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 21 remain.
July 24, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 22 remain.
July 15, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 23 remain.
June 28, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 24 remain.
June 24, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 25 remain.
June 17, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 26 remain.
June 10, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 27 remain.
May 28, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 28 remain.
May 7, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 29 remain.

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

Crossword: common questions

How many $50,000 prizes are left in Crossword?: 5 of 18 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,014,121.
What are the odds of winning anything on Crossword?: 1 in 3.75 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.07 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.75, and the odds of winning more than the $3 ticket price are 1 in 7.22.
Is Crossword worth buying?: Its current payout is 68.1% ($2.04 back per $3 ticket), rank #— of 77 in Texas. The best $3 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Cashword (#2662, $3) at 66.7%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Crossword tickets are left?: We estimate 10,070,604 of roughly 35,505,258 printed tickets are unsold (71.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Crossword launch and is it still on sale?: We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It has ended.

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