$250,000 CROSSWORD — $10 Missouri scratch-off ticket
MO · #550 · $10

$250,000 CROSSWORD

Missouri· Launched Apr 2026· 126 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.74

USA percentile

78th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

4

$250,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

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$250,000 CROSSWORD is a $10 scratch-off game from the Missouri (game #550). It launched in April 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 4 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, as published by the Missouri. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.24. Our models put its expected value at 0.74 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.74 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.74 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.80% of $250,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 78th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$250K
4/5
80%
$25K
7/10
$5K
35/46
$1K
495/650
$500
1.1K/1.5K
$200
3.1K/4.3K
$100
52.2K/71.3K
$50
52.2K/71.3K
$30
60.2K/82.0K
$20
276.0K/374.4K
$10
534.2K/713.1K

Total unclaimed prize value: $23.52M — 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 MO games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
MO median0.67 EV/$
YOU · 78th
USA: 78th percentileMO: 70th 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 · +1%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — MO field

92 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.350.701.21break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

1 other MO game above break-even at this time.

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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