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Average valueActive$250,000 Crossword · $10 · New Jersey Lottery
$250,000 Crossword: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.84 on average.
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#12 of 15 · $10 NJ games
▼ -3.5 pts vs launch#12 of 15 · $10 NJ games
$250,000 Crossword is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.4%, down 3.5 percentage points from the launch value of 71.9%. 1 of the original 6 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 3.7M printed tickets have been sold.
68.4%
expected return
1 in 3.94
odds of any win
1 of 6
$250K top prizes left
90%
claimed · 3.3M of 3.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 98,800 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $225, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,799 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.84 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $525
$6.08 · 60.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.76 · 7.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $525 wins
98,792 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
3.7M
tickets printed
3.3M
tickets claimed · 90%
387k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
10%
17% of top prizes remain with only 10% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
New Jersey Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 NJ peers
#12 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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