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Average valueActiveMEGA CROSSWORD · $10 · Rhode Island Lottery
MEGA CROSSWORD: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.81 on average.
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#10 of 16 · $10 RI games
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#10 of 16 · $10 RI games
MEGA CROSSWORD is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.1%, down 2.5 percentage points from the launch value of 70.6%. 1 of the original 4 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 69% of the 1.9M printed tickets have been sold.
68.1%
expected return
1 in 3.55
odds of any win
1 of 4
$75K top prizes left
69%
claimed · 1.3M of 1.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 168,981 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,354 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.81 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.60 · 66.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $75K
$0.21 · 2.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
168,958 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
69% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2023.
1.9M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 69%
600k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
31%
25% of top prizes remain with 31% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Rhode Island Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 RI peers
#10 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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