$100,000 Crossword 2026Illinois Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$100,000 Crossword 2026 is a $5 ticket from the Illinois Lottery. At launch, about 1 in 92,228 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more. It pays back about $0.72 per $1 on average, in line with Illinois's other $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Odds of 1 in 3.93 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.
- Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 1,198,680 | 12 | 8 | 67% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 599,340 | 24 | 18 | 75% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 119,868 | 120 | 96 | 80% |
| $500 | 1 in 7,921 | 1,816 | 1,310 | 72% |
| $300 | 1 in 14,890 | 966 | 695 | 72% |
| $200 | 1 in 7,484 | 1,922 | 1,378 | 72% |
| $100 | 1 in 343 | 41,918 | 30,212 | 72% |
| $75 | 1 in 855 | 16,815 | 12,159 | 72% |
| $50 | 1 in 90 | 159,386 | 115,131 | 72% |
| $25 | 1 in 71 | 201,562 | 145,735 | 72% |
| $20 | 1 in 60 | 239,736 | 173,052 | 72% |
| $15 | 1 in 30 | 479,472 | 346,919 | 72% |
| $10 | 1 in 13 | 1,078,812 | 784,018 | 73% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 1,438,416 | 1,055,568 | 73% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since June 30, when our records for it began, 4 $100,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 8. The most recent was on October 15.
- October 15, 20261 claimed · 8 left
- September 26, 20261 claimed · 9 left
- September 20, 20261 claimed · 10 left
- August 26, 20261 claimed · 11 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.8% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Illinois's $5 games (4.6% 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
- Illinois
- Game Number
- 7663
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 7/7/2026
- Payout %
- 71.7%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in Illinois
All 13 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Winnings | 58 | 1 in 3.86 | 72.2% | $250K · 3 | 3.5% |
| 7X Bingo Multiplier | 56 | 1 in 3.99 | 71.1% | $200K · 5 | - |
| $100,000 Crossword 2026 (this game) | 52 | 1 in 3.93 | 71.7% | $100K · 8 | 1.8% |
| Electric Cash | 51 | 1 in 4.28 | 80.8% | $400K · 1 | - |
| In the Green | 50 | 1 in 4.24 | 72.0% | $500K · 2 | 3.7% |
| Galaxy Blast | 50 | 1 in 3.99 | 72.0% | $556K · 3 | 3.1% |
| 25X Xtra | 46 | 1 in 4.28 | 71.9% | $500K · 1 | 0.9% |
| Power Up! Multiplier | 38 | 1 in 4.24 | 72.0% | $400K · 0 | 0.4% |
| Onyx | 37 | 1 in 4.20 | 75.9% | $1M · 0 | 0.1% |
| $100,000 CROSSWORD ($5) | 32 | 1 in 3.92 | 71.9% | $100K · 0 | 31.5% |
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.