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Strong valueActiveCrossword Xtreme · $30 · New Jersey Lottery
Crossword Xtreme: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.80 on average.
▲ +7.0 pts vs launch#1 of 6 · $30 NJ games
▲ +7.0 pts vs launch#1 of 6 · $30 NJ games
Crossword Xtreme is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 82.7%, up 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 75.6%. 1 of the original 3 $600,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
82.7%
expected return
1 in 3.40
odds of any win
1 of 3
$600K top prizes left
89%
claimed · 1.6M of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 57,971 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $30
$50 – $250, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 213 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.80 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$21.59 · 72.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $600K
$3.21 · 10.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
57,965 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
89% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
1.8M
tickets printed
1.6M
tickets claimed · 89%
197k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
11%
33% of top prizes remain with only 11% 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 $30 NJ peers
#1 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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