$100,000 Crossword is a $10 ticket from the Maryland Lottery. On ValueScore it earns 80/100 (Excellent), good for the top-ranked $10 ticket in Maryland right now. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.05 are the best of the 23 $10 tickets Maryland sells. 53% of its winning tickets pay $10 or less, no more than the ticket cost.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.
- At 1 in 3.05 overall odds, prizes land more often than in most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 9 | 8 | 89% |
| $10,000 | 13 | 12 | 92% |
| $1,000 | 22 | 17 | 77% |
| $500 | 271 | 217 | 80% |
| $100 | 7,291 | 5,891 | 81% |
| $50 | 197,300 | 159,641 | 81% |
| $20 | 238,267 | 192,982 | 81% |
| $10 | 508,517 | 413,081 | 81% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on August 23, one $100,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 8. The most recent was on October 5.
- October 5, 20261 claimed · 8 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2.3% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 4 times the average for Maryland's $10 games (0.6% 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
- Maryland
- Game Number
- 815
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 8/21/2026
- Payout %
- 74.5%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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Every $10 ticket in Maryland
All 23 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 Crossword (this game) | 80 | 1 in 3.05 | 74.5% | $100K · 8 | 2.3% |
| High Voltage | 75 | 1 in 3.29 | 75.1% | $100K · 7 | 2.7% |
| 10X Cash | 71 | 1 in 3.48 | 75.1% | $10K · 121 | 4.1% |
| Ravens X10 | 70 | 1 in 3.40 | 75.1% | $200K · 3 | 2.7% |
| Money | 69 | 1 in 3.34 | 76.9% | $250K · 3 | 0.4% |
| Bingo X10 | 64 | 1 in 3.22 | 74.6% | $100K · 4 | 0.9% |
| Double Your Money | 64 | 1 in 3.72 | 77.5% | $100K · 7 | 0.2% |
| Lucky 7s Multiplier | 63 | 1 in 3.36 | 75.1% | $78K · 5 | 0.0% |
| Triple Red 7s Multiplier | 62 | 1 in 3.34 | 75.0% | $78K · 6 | 0.9% |
| Silver Bell Bucks | 59 | 1 in 3.31 | 74.9% | $100K · 1 | 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.