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Active$150,000 CROSSWORD BONUS · $3 · Florida Lottery

$150,000 CROSSWORD BONUS: Average value. A $3 ticket pays back $2.05 on average.

-1.0 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $3 FL gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026

$150,000 CROSSWORD BONUS is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.3%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.3%. 4 of the original 8 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 47% of the 23.2M printed tickets have been sold.

68.3%
expected return
1 in 3.9
odds of any win
4 of 8
$150K top prizes left
47%
claimed · 10.9M of 23.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 3,122,762 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 59,284 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $2.05 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $3 – $200
$1.98 · 66.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.07 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $200 wins
3,122,555 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

47% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.

23.2M
tickets printed
10.9M
tickets claimed · 47%
12.3M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
53%
50% of top prizes remain with 53% 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 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 13, 2026.
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