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ActiveTRIPLE CROSSWORD · $3 · Florida Lottery

TRIPLE CROSSWORD: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.42 on average.

-22.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $3 FL gamesUpdated Aug 1, 2026, 12:11 AM

TRIPLE CROSSWORD is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Florida state lottery. Its current expected value is 47.3%, down 22.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.3%. 0 of the original 30 $150,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 94% of the 57.9M printed tickets have been sold.

47.3%
expected return
1 in 4.09
odds of any win
0 of 30
$150K top prizes left
94%
claimed · 54.2M of 57.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 910,983 winning tickets still unclaimed.

10 win more than $3
$4 – $300, an actual profit
15 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 16,546 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $1.42 comes from

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

Small wins $3 – $600
$1.39 · 46.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $150K
$0.03 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $600 wins
910,922 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

94% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2021.

57.9M
tickets printed
54.2M
tickets claimed · 94%
3.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
6%
0% of top prizes remain with 6% 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
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Florida Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 1, 2026, 12:11 AM.
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