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Weak valueActive$5M CROSSWORD CASH · $20 · Florida Lottery
$5M CROSSWORD CASH: Weak value. A $20 ticket pays back $13.55 on average.
▼ -11.7 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $20 FL games
▼ -11.7 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $20 FL games
$5M CROSSWORD CASH is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.8%, down 11.7 percentage points from the launch value of 79.5%. 0 of the original 6 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 24.1M printed tickets have been sold.
67.8%
expected return
1 in 2.90
odds of any win
0 of 6
$5M jackpots left
88%
claimed · 21.3M of 24.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 975,418 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$30 – $250, an actual profit
18 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
65 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,484 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $13.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.76 · 63.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.43 · 2.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.35 · 1.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
66.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.8M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
974,286 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2023.
24.1M
tickets printed
21.3M
tickets claimed · 88%
2.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
12%
0% of top prizes remain with 12% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Florida Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 FL peers
#7 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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