NJ · #1912 · $10

$250,000 Crossword

New Jersey· Launched Mar 2025· 496 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.61

USA percentile

23th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

0

$250,000 tier

% sold-through

83%

2026-07-28

Forecast sellout

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$250,000 Crossword is a $10 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1912). It launched in March 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, with roughly 83% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.61 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.61 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.61 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.83% sold-through with sufficient prize coverage remaining across all tiers.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 23rd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

14 tiers · % remaining
$250K
0/6
0%
$20K
2/10
$1K
3/24
$525
184/1.2K
$500
186/1.2K
$225
226/1.5K
$150
345/2.4K
$130
418/2.8K
$100
3.2K/20.7K
$50
20.7K/135.9K
$30
14.1K/92.6K
$25
6.0K/37.0K
$20
39.3K/246.9K
$10
69.5K/371.1K

Total unclaimed prize value: $3.79M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,986 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active NJ games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NJ median0.66 EV/$
YOU · 23th
USA: 23th percentileNJ: 20th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 27Jun 2Jun 8Jun 14Jun 20Jun 26Jul 15Jul 21Jul 280%25%50%75%100%TODAY

Insufficient historical data for sellout projection.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +13%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NJ field

131 games · break-even highlighted
$0$8$16$24$320.000.250.500.98YOU

No other active NJ 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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