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Weak valueActiveGREEN & GOLD CROSSWORD · $5 · Wisconsin Lottery
GREEN & GOLD CROSSWORD: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.00 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#12 of 19 · $5 WI games
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#12 of 19 · $5 WI games
GREEN & GOLD CROSSWORD is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Wisconsin state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.0%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 61.8%. 1 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 1.0M printed tickets have been sold.
60.0%
expected return
1 in 3.80
odds of any win
1 of 3
$50K top prizes left
0%
claimed · 8 of 1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 254,128 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 63,535 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.00 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.94 · 58.7% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.06 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
254,124 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
1M
tickets printed
8
tickets claimed · 0%
1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
100%
33% of top prizes remain with 100% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Wisconsin Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 WI peers
#12 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Wisconsin Lottery published claim data.
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