Bonus Crossword#784
Maryland· scanned 7d ago
EV / Dollar
0.66
USA percentile
48th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
3
$30,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-28
Forecast sellout
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Bonus Crossword is a $3 scratch-off game from the Maryland lottery (game #784). As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $30,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the Maryland lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.66. Our models put its expected value at 0.66 per dollar, returning about $0.66 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 6 of 9 $3 games on sale in Maryland.
THE THESIS
At 0.66 EV/$, this game ranks 6 of 9 same-price games on sale in Maryland (median 0.67).
- 1.38% of $30,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 48th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
8 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $3.11M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active MD games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 100% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — MD field
114 games · break-even highlightedNo other active MD games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim cadence · the roll
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
Bonus Crossword (#784): prizes, value and pace
As of October 28, 2026, 3 of the 8 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 8 prize levels the lottery reports, 426,885 of 898,025 prizes (48%) remain; the thinnest level is $1,000, with 32% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $3 ticket returns about $1.99 on average (0.66 per dollar), which ranks 6 of 9 $3 games on sale in Maryland, below the $3 median of 0.67. Among every Maryland game with a computable value it is 85 of 114; nationally it sits in the 48th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 28,538 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the Maryland lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 28, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a MD game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.