$1,000,000 Crossword — $20 Texas scratch-off ticket
TX · #2753 · $20

$1,000,000 Crossword

Texas· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.75

USA percentile

81th

of 2,082 games

Top prizes left

5

$1,000,000 tier

% sold-through

9%

2026-08-31

Forecast sellout

~422d

P10–P90: 295–591d

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$1,000,000 Crossword is a $20 scratch-off game from the Texas (game #2753). As of the most recent daily scan, 5 top prizes of $1M remain unclaimed, with roughly 9% of tickets sold, as published by the Texas. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.41. Our models put its expected value at 0.75 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.75 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.75 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.83% of $1.0M prizes still unclaimed at 9% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 21.50% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~422 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 81st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$1M
5/6
83%
$20K
18/20
$2K
234/256
$500
9.5K/10.5K
$200
111.9K/123.3K
$150
58.8K/64.7K
$100
626.0K/690.8K
$50
715.1K/789.0K
$40
626.7K/691.0K
$20
1.8M/2.0M

Total unclaimed prize value: $201.04M — 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 TX games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
TX median0.68 EV/$
YOU · 81th
USA: 81th percentileTX: 78th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Jul 16Jul 21Jul 27Aug 2Aug 7Aug 14Aug 20Aug 26Oct 270%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~10-27

Daily drainage

~21.50% / day

Days left (P50)

422 days

P10 / P90 range

295–591 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.75

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +2%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — TX field

93 games · break-even highlighted
$0$30$60$1020.000.250.500.91YOU

No 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.

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