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Decent valueActive$250,000 CROSSWORD · $10 · Missouri Lottery
$250,000 CROSSWORD: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.41 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $10 MO games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $10 MO games
$250,000 CROSSWORD is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.1%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 74.3%. 4 of the original 5 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 4.3M printed tickets have been sold.
74.1%
expected return
1 in 3.24
odds of any win
4 of 5
$250K top prizes left
29%
claimed · 1.3M of 4.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 930,551 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
17 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,946 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.41 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.82 · 68.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.59 · 5.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
930,042 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
4.3M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 29%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
71%
80% of top prizes remain with only 71% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Missouri Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 MO peers
#7 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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