CROSSWORD costs $3 a ticket from the Georgia Lottery. By our estimate the $130,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 511,983 per ticket, down from 1 in 824,705. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 12% of prizes remain.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 825K at launch, about 1 in 512K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $130,000 prizes have been claimed.
- The prize pool is running thin, with most prizes already won.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.72 per $1 spent.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $130,000 | 1 in 824,705 | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 343,627 | 12 | 2 | 17% |
| $500 | 1 in 7,484 | 551 | 41 | 7% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,193 | 3,457 | 285 | 8% |
| $50 | 1 in 489 | 8,441 | 664 | 8% |
| $25 | 1 in 191 | 21,557 | 1,745 | 8% |
| $20 | 1 in 201 | 20,548 | 1,584 | 8% |
| $15 | 1 in 40 | 102,998 | 9,557 | 9% |
| $10 | 1 in 20 | 206,090 | 19,428 | 9% |
| $5 | 1 in 15 | 268,082 | 29,132 | 11% |
| $3 Free ticket | 1 in 10 | 412,190 | 67,177 | 16% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on June 14, 4 $130,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on August 4.
- August 4, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- August 1, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- July 3, 20261 claimed · 3 left
- June 23, 20261 claimed · 4 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 4 times the average for Georgia's $3 games (0.5% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Georgia
- Game Number
- 1898
- Ticket Price
- $3
- Start Date
- 6/16/2026
- Payout %
- 71.8%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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Every $3 ticket in Georgia
All 17 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30X BINGO MULTIPLIER | 55 | 1 in 3.78 | 71.7% | $130K · 4 of 4 | 7.0% |
| HIT $300 BINGO | 31 | 1 in 3.75 | 72.0% | $150K · 1 of 4 | 0.0% |
| $100,000 JUMBO CASH CASHWORD | 31 | 1 in 3.94 | 72.8% | $100K · 0 of 4 | 0.0% |
| BULLSEYE BINGO | 30 | 1 in 3.74 | 71.9% | $150K · 1 of 4 | 0.0% |
| JUMBO BUCKS Crossword | 29 | 1 in 4.08 | 73.1% | $100K · 1 of 60 | 0.0% |
| CROSSWORD (this game) | 28 | 1 in 3.95 | 71.8% | $130K · 1 of 5 | 1.6% |
| HAPPY NEW YEAR 2025 | 28 | 1 in 3.71 | 72.2% | $20K · 4 of 17 | 0.0% |
| HOT BINGO Multiplier | 28 | 1 in 3.75 | 72.0% | $150K · 2 of 4 | 0.0% |
| JACKPOTS GALORE CROSSWORD | 27 | 1 in 4.08 | 72.2% | $150K · 1 of 4 | 0.2% |
| MYSTERY BINGO Multiplier | 27 | 1 in 3.77 | 72.1% | $170K · 1 of 4 | 0.0% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.