What are the odds of winning Crossword?

The overall odds of winning any prize on Crossword are 1 in 5.

What is the top prize for Crossword?

The top prize for Crossword is $20,000, with 1 prizes still remaining.

How many Crossword tickets are left?

An estimated 3.3M tickets remain, approximately 23% of the total printed.

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Crossword

Game #1953 · $3 ticket

Serious Score 30Overall odds: 1 in 5High Confidence

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About This Game

Crossword is a $3 scratch-offs from the New Jersey Lottery with overall odds of 1 in 5.

Returning 56¢ per dollar, Crossword falls in the middle of the pack for New Jersey scratch-offs at this price. The return has dropped -9¢ since launch as prizes have been claimed.

Only 1 of the original 20 top prizes of $20K remain. The biggest payouts are becoming scarce. Prizes are distributed across many tiers, giving players frequent smaller wins. Your odds of at least breaking even on this ticket are 1 in 8.

Ranked #3 among $3 scratch-offs in New Jersey, this is one of the top picks at this price point.

Roughly 23% of printed tickets are still in circulation.

Key Metrics

Serious Score30

Current Rate56¢Original: 65¢ · Shift: -9¢

Overall RankN/Aall US games

Price Rank#3See all $3 New Jersey scratchers ranked

Tickets Remaining (Estimated)

3.3Mof 14M printed

Win Probabilities

Top Prize$20K

1 of 20 leftDistributed

P(Breakeven)1 in 8(12.3266%)

Any Prize

1 in 5

≥ $500

1 in 219,144

≥ $1K

1 in 821,828

≥ $5K

1 in 821,828

≥ $10K

1 in 3,287,311