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Average valueActive$1,000,000 CROSSWORD · $20 · Texas Lottery
$1,000,000 CROSSWORD: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.79 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#15 of 17 · $20 TX games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#15 of 17 · $20 TX games
$1,000,000 CROSSWORD is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.9%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 1 of the original 6 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 94% of the 15.3M printed tickets have been sold.
73.9%
expected return
1 in 3.41
odds of any win
1 of 6
$1M jackpots left
94%
claimed · 14.4M of 15.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 256,191 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,511 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.79 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.62 · 68.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $20K
$0.03 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.14 · 5.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.2%
Just 1 ticket out of 864k 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
256,177 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
94% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
15.3M
tickets printed
14.4M
tickets claimed · 94%
864k
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
6%
17% of top prizes remain with only 6% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Texas Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 TX peers
#15 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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