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Weak valueActiveMYSTERY PRIZE CROSSWORD · $5 · Missouri Lottery
MYSTERY PRIZE CROSSWORD: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.34 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $5 MO games
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $5 MO games
MYSTERY PRIZE CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.8%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 3 of the original 8 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 6.7M printed tickets have been sold.
66.8%
expected return
1 in 3.82
odds of any win
3 of 8
$100K top prizes left
71%
claimed · 4.8M of 6.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 501,456 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 10,354 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.34 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.15 · 63.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.19 · 3.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
501,426 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
6.7M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 71%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
38%
Tickets left
29%
38% of top prizes remain with only 29% 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 $5 MO peers
#8 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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