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Decent valueActive$1,000,000 Crossword · $20 · Texas Lottery
$1,000,000 Crossword: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.98 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#8 of 18 · $20 TX games
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#8 of 18 · $20 TX games
$1,000,000 Crossword is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Texas state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.9%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 5 of the original 6 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 14% of the 14.8M printed tickets have been sold.
74.9%
expected return
1 in 3.41
odds of any win
5 of 6
$1M jackpots left
14%
claimed · 2.1M of 14.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 3,740,013 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,377 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.98 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.53 · 72.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $20K
$0.06 · 0.3% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.39 · 2.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.9%
Just 5 tickets out of 12.7M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
3,739,765 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
14% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch.
14.8M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 14%
12.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
83%
Tickets left
86%
83% of top prizes remain with 86% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Texas Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $20 TX peers
#8 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Texas Lottery published claim data.
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