NJ · #1918 · $3

Crossword

New Jersey· Launched Apr 2025· 468 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.47

USA percentile

1th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

2

$20,000 tier

% sold-through

93%

2026-07-28

Forecast sellout

~4428d

P10–P90: 3100–6199d

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Crossword is a $3 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1918). It launched in April 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $20 remain unclaimed, with roughly 93% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.47 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.47 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.47 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.10% of $20,000 prizes still unclaimed at 93% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~4428 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 1st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$20K
2/20
10%
$5K
1/22
$500
1/46
$100
1.2K/33.0K
$25
17.2K/426.3K
$10
27.1K/596.9K
$5
50.8K/852.2K
$3
117.9K/995.1K

Total unclaimed prize value: $1.48M — 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 · 1th
USA: 1th percentileNJ: 1th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 3Jun 9Jun 15Jun 21Jun 27Jul 16Jul 22Sep 110%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~09-11

Daily drainage

~0.17% / day

Days left (P50)

4428 days

P10 / P90 range

3100–6199 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.47

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · -19%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 19% 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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