$1,000,000 CROSSWORD#2658
Texas· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.75
USA percentile
81th
of 2,201 games
Top prizes left
1
$1,000,000 tier
% sold-through
97%
2026-11-04
Forecast sellout
~148d
P10–P90: 104–207d
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$1,000,000 CROSSWORD is a $20 scratch-off game from the Texas lottery (game #2658). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $1M remains unclaimed, with roughly 97% of tickets sold, as published by the Texas lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.41. Our models put its expected value at 0.75 per dollar, returning about $0.75 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 8 of 17 $20 games on sale in Texas.
THE THESIS
At 0.75 EV/$, this game ranks 8 of 17 same-price games on sale in Texas (median 0.75).
- 1.17% of $1.0M prizes still unclaimed at 97% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Current daily drainage rate is 1.83% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~148 days at this pace.
- 3.Ranks in the 81st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
10 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $6.21M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,201 active gamesWhere this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active TX games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionDaily drainage
~1.83% / day
Days left (P50)
148 days
P10 / P90 range
104–207 d
EV at P50 sellout
0.75
Claim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersTrailing 7-day claim rate 18% below the 30-day mean — activity slowing.
Price vs EV — TX field
109 games · break-even highlightedNo other active TX 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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
$1,000,000 CROSSWORD (#2658): prizes, value and pace
As of November 4, 2026, 1 of the 6 $1,000,000 top prizes is still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 121,484 of 4,479,942 prizes (3%) remain; every $20,000 prize has already been claimed.
At current prize levels a $20 ticket returns about $14.99 on average (0.75 per dollar), which ranks 8 of 17 $20 games on sale in Texas, level with the $20 median of 0.75. Among every Texas game with a computable value it is 20 of 109; nationally it sits in the 81th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 34,158 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize; at the current pace the remaining tickets would sell out in about 148 days (likely range 104–207).
Texas also sells another issue of $1,000,000 CROSSWORD: game #2753. Each issue has its own print run and prize pool, so their odds and remaining prizes differ.
Figures come from the prize data the Texas lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the November 4, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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