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CUBE CROSSWORD — $10 Washington Scratch Game #1987

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CUBE CROSSWORD (#1987) is a $10 Washington scratch game. As of November 6, 2026 it ranks #27 of 60 active games on current payout (69.7%, $6.97 expected back per ticket) and #8 of 11 $10 games, #46 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.78) and #27 on top-prize odds (1 in 487,472). Since launch the payout has fallen 3.3 points (73.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 6.2% (1 in 3.54 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $250,000 remain, and we estimate 974,943 tickets are still unsold (56.1% 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
69.7%
73.1% at launch
Expected value
$6.97
per $10 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.78
1 in 3.54 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.78
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 7.65
win more than $10
$600+ odds
1 in 9,465
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 3
$250,000 each
Tickets remaining
43.9%
≈ 974,943 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in CUBE 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 Washington game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 258,051 of 626,884 prizes (41.2%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$250,000 1 in 740,767 1 in 487,472 3 1 2 66.7%
$5,000 1 in 29,631 1 in 29,544 75 42 33 44.0%
$1,000 1 in 14,620 1 in 14,337 152 84 68 44.7%
$500 1 in 15,650 1 in 16,809 142 84 58 40.8%
$200 1 in 7,559 1 in 8,333 294 177 117 39.8%
$100 1 in 49.6 1 in 54.6 44,821 26,953 17,868 39.9%
$50 1 in 49.2 1 in 54.0 45,178 27,113 18,065 40.0%
$30 1 in 47.0 1 in 51.2 47,325 28,291 19,034 40.2%
$20 1 in 12.5 1 in 13.5 177,796 105,585 72,211 40.6%
$10 1 in 7.14 1 in 7.47 311,098 180,503 130,595 42.0%
All prizes1 in 3.541 in 3.78 626,884368,833 258,05141.2%

How CUBE CROSSWORD has moved

68% 71% 73% Sep 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking CUBE CROSSWORD. 47 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

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

CUBE CROSSWORD: common questions

How many $250,000 prizes are left in CUBE CROSSWORD?
2 of 3 as of November 6, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 487,472.
What are the odds of winning anything on CUBE CROSSWORD?
1 in 3.78 as of November 6, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.54 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.78, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 7.65.
Is CUBE CROSSWORD worth buying?
Its current payout is 69.7% ($6.97 back per $10 ticket), rank #27 of 60 in Washington. The best $10 alternative as of November 6, 2026 is MONEYBAG MULTIPLIER (#1964, $10) at 77.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many CUBE CROSSWORD tickets are left?
We estimate 974,943 of roughly 2,222,300 printed tickets are unsold (56.1% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did CUBE CROSSWORD launch and is it still on sale?
We first saw it on September 21, 2026. It is still on sale.

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