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Poor valueActiveCRABBY CROSSWORD · $3 · Washington Lottery
CRABBY CROSSWORD: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.72 on average.
▼ -7.7 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $3 WA games
▼ -7.7 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $3 WA games
CRABBY CROSSWORD is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Washington state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.3%, down 7.7 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 5 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 2.6M printed tickets have been sold.
57.3%
expected return
1 in 3.91
odds of any win
1 of 5
$30K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 2.2M of 2.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 97,302 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $3
$5 – $250, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 379,555 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.72 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $250
$1.64 · 54.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.08 · 2.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $250 wins
97,301 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch.
2.6M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 85%
380k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
15%
20% of top prizes remain with only 15% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Washington Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $3 WA peers
#7 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Washington Lottery published claim data.
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