NJ · #1926 · $30

Crossword Xtreme

New Jersey· Launched Jul 2025· 370 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

59th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

0

$600,000 tier

% sold-through

89%

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

~6480d

P10–P90: 4536–9072d

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Crossword Xtreme is a $30 scratch-off game from the New Jersey (game #1926). It launched in July 2025. As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $600 remain unclaimed, with roughly 89% 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.Current daily drainage rate is 0.17% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~6480 days at this pace.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 59th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Read the full case ↓

Prize ladder

11 tiers · % remaining
$600K
0/3
0%
$25K
1/9
$2K
3/21
$500
1.0K/9.1K
$250
1.4K/13.9K
$200
1.6K/15.4K
$150
3.9K/37.0K
$100
5.4K/50.0K
$75
2.4K/23.2K
$50
20.8K/185.2K
$30
19.5K/185.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $4.14M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 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: 62th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 28Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18Jun 25Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29May 20%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~05-02

Daily drainage

~0.17% / day

Days left (P50)

6480 days

P10 / P90 range

4536–9072 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.69

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +59%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 59% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

Price vs EV — NJ field

134 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.

SIMILAR PLAYS IN NJ

If you like this game, look at these

Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal