NJ · #1935 · $20

Crossword Bonanza

New Jersey· Launched Aug 2025· 375 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.77

USA percentile

87th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

1

$400,000 tier

% sold-through

93%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

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Crossword Bonanza is a $20 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1935). It launched in August 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $400 remains unclaimed, with roughly 93% of tickets sold, as published by the New Jersey. Our models put its expected value at 0.77 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.77 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.77 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.33% 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 87th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$400K
1/3
33%
$25K
2/20
$2K
4/99
$500
452/7.9K
$200
317/6.2K
$150
680/12.2K
$100
3.4K/61.8K
$80
1.4K/24.1K
$60
1.2K/19.8K
$50
6.9K/118.7K
$30
10.9K/178.2K
$20
19.1K/237.3K

Total unclaimed prize value: $2.43M — 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 NJ games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
NJ median0.66 EV/$
YOU · 87th
USA: 87th percentileNJ: 97th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jun 9Jun 18Jun 27Jul 18Jul 26Aug 3Aug 12Aug 21Aug 310%25%50%75%100%TODAY

Insufficient historical data for sellout projection.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +3%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — NJ field

137 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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