NJ · #1905 · $20

Crossword Bonanza

New Jersey· Launched Mar 2025· 494 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.88

USA percentile

99th

of 1,986 games

Top prizes left

2

$400,000 tier

% sold-through

93%

2026-07-28

Forecast sellout

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Crossword Bonanza is a $20 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1905). It launched in March 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $400 remain unclaimed, with roughly 93% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.88 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.88 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.88 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.67% of $400,000 prizes still unclaimed at 93% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.93% sold-through with sufficient prize coverage remaining across all tiers.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 99th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$400K
2/3
67%
$25K
0/20
$2K
5/100
$500
488/8.1K
$200
382/6.2K
$150
750/12.5K
$100
3.6K/62.9K
$80
1.4K/24.5K
$60
1.2K/20.2K
$50
7.1K/120.9K
$30
11.2K/181.3K
$20
19.4K/241.6K

Total unclaimed prize value: $2.87M — 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 · 99th
USA: 99th percentileNJ: 99th 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 · +50%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 50% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

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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