TX · #2504 · $3

Crossword

Texas· scanned 22d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.54

USA percentile

7th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$50,000 tier

% sold-through

89%

2026-07-14

Forecast sellout

~2280d

P10–P90: 1596–3192d

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 is a $3 scratch-off game from the Texas (game #2504). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $50 remains unclaimed, with roughly 89% of tickets sold, as published by the Texas. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.07. Our models put its expected value at 0.54 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.54 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.54 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.6% of $50,000 prizes still unclaimed at 89% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Current daily drainage rate is 0.47% of remaining tickets — projected sellout in ~2280 days at this pace.
  3. 3.Ranks in the 7th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

10 tiers · % remaining
$50K
1/18
6%
$5K
6/73
$500
200/3.0K
$100
4.3K/57.7K
$50
10.2K/142.1K
$20
31.8K/426.0K
$15
38.2K/497.2K
$10
138.4K/1.7M
$5
185.7K/2.0M
$3
533.2K/3.9M

Total unclaimed prize value: $6.24M — 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 TX games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
TX median0.68 EV/$
YOU · 7th
USA: 7th percentileTX: 3th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
May 24May 29Jun 3Jun 8Jun 13Jun 18Jun 23Jun 28Nov 10%25%50%75%100%TODAYsellout ~11-01

Daily drainage

~0.47% / day

Days left (P50)

2280 days

P10 / P90 range

1596–3192 d

EV at P50 sellout

0.54

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d

Price vs EV — TX field

89 games · break-even highlighted
$0$30$60$1020.000.250.500.90YOU

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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