Bonus Crossword — $3 Maryland scratch-off ticket
MD · #784 · $3

Bonus Crossword

Maryland· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.67

USA percentile

49th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

4

$30,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Bonus Crossword is a $3 scratch-off game from the Maryland (game #784). As of the most recent daily scan, 4 top prizes of $30 remain unclaimed, as published by the Maryland. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.66. Our models put its expected value at 0.67 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.67 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.67 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.50% of $30,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 49th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$30K
4/8
50%
$5K
12/20
$1K
12/28
$100
4.7K/8.8K
$25
28.9K/54.9K
$10
72.9K/137.9K
$5
153.4K/287.2K
$3
224.0K/409.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $3.55M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,082 active games

Where 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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
MD median0.72 EV/$
YOU · 49th
USA: 49th percentileMD: 26th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -3%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — MD field

104 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.250.500.93YOU

No 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.

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