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Average valueActiveCUBE CROSSWORD · $10 · Washington Lottery
CUBE CROSSWORD: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.29 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $10 WA games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 13 · $10 WA games
CUBE CROSSWORD is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.9%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 73.1%. 2 of the original 3 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 2.2M printed tickets have been sold.
72.9%
expected return
1 in 3.54
odds of any win
2 of 3
$250K top prizes left
40%
claimed · 893k of 2.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 374,561 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
14 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 5,987 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.68 · 66.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.61 · 6.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
374,419 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.2M
tickets printed
893k
tickets claimed · 40%
1.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
60%
67% of top prizes remain with only 60% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Washington Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 WA peers
#7 of 13
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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