Florida· Launched Aug 2023· 1185 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.65
USA percentile
42th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
0
$5,000,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
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$5M CROSSWORD CASH is a $20 scratch-off game from the Florida lottery (game #1539). It launched in August 2023. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $5M remain unclaimed, as published by the Florida lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 2.9. Our models put its expected value at 0.65 per dollar, returning about $0.65 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 10 of 10 $20 games on sale in Florida.
THE THESIS
At 0.65 EV/$, this game ranks 10 of 10 same-price games on sale in Florida (median 0.77).
Total unclaimed prize value: $28.84M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active FL games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
1 other FL game above break-even at this time.
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
As of November 4, 2026, 0 of the 6 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 13 prize levels the lottery reports, 764,642 of 8,319,457 prizes (9%) remain; every $5,000,000 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $20 ticket returns about $13.01 on average (0.65 per dollar), which ranks 10 of 10 $20 games on sale in Florida, below the $20 median of 0.77. Among every Florida game with a computable value it is 73 of 107; nationally it sits in the 42th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 151,891 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the Florida lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN FL
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