NJ · #1921 · $30

Colossal Crossword

New Jersey· Launched Apr 2025· 475 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

59th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

0

$600,000 tier

% sold-through

66%

2026-07-28

Forecast sellout

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Colossal Crossword is a $30 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1921). It launched in April 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $600 remain unclaimed, with roughly 66% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.66% sold-through with sufficient prize coverage remaining across all tiers.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 59th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$600K
0/3
0%
$25K
1/3
$2K
13/36
$500
3.2K/9.3K
$250
4.9K/14.5K
$150
9.4K/27.6K
$100
26.1K/76.1K
$75
15.8K/46.2K
$50
63.7K/184.9K
$30
63.3K/184.9K

Total unclaimed prize value: $13.15M — 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 · 59th
USA: 59th percentileNJ: 63th 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 · -42%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 42% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.

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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