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Decent valueActiveCrossword Xtreme · $30 · New Jersey Lottery
Crossword Xtreme: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.01 on average.
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#3 of 6 · $30 NJ games
▲ +1.0 pts vs launch#3 of 6 · $30 NJ games
Crossword Xtreme is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the New Jersey state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.7%, up 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 75.7%. 3 of the original 3 $600,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 21% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
76.7%
expected return
1 in 3.40
odds of any win
3 of 3
$600K top prizes left
21%
claimed · 376k of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 421,979 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 $23.01 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
$1.42 · 4.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
421,951 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
21% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
1.8M
tickets printed
376k
tickets claimed · 21%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
79%
100% of top prizes remain with only 79% 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
#3 of 6
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from New Jersey Lottery published claim data.
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