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Weak valueActive$150,000 CROSSWORD BONUS · $3 · Florida Lottery
$150,000 CROSSWORD BONUS: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $2.01 on average.
▼ -2.3 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $3 FL games
▼ -2.3 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $3 FL games
$150,000 CROSSWORD BONUS is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.0%, down 2.3 percentage points from the launch value of 69.3%. 2 of the original 8 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 23.2M printed tickets have been sold.
67.0%
expected return
1 in 3.91
odds of any win
2 of 8
$150K top prizes left
58%
claimed · 13.4M of 23.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,496,752 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $3
$5 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 61,019 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.01 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $200
$1.96 · 65.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.05 · 1.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $200 wins
2,496,591 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
58% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
23.2M
tickets printed
13.4M
tickets claimed · 58%
9.8M
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
42%
25% of top prizes remain with 42% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Florida Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $3 FL peers
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data.
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