$250,000 CrosswordNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$250,000 Crossword is a $10 ticket from the New Jersey Lottery. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $250,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 473,304, from 1 in 611,720 at launch. On ValueScore it earns 68/100 (Good), good for the top-ranked $10 ticket in New Jersey right now.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 612K at launch, about 1 in 473K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $250,000 prizes have been claimed.
- You win something fairly often here, about 25% per ticket (1 in 3.94).
- Expected value of $0.72 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 | 1 in 611,365 | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 366,819 | 10 | 6 | 60% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 152,841 | 24 | 17 | 71% |
| $525 | 1 in 3,059 | 1,199 | 748 | 62% |
| $500 | 1 in 3,044 | 1,205 | 755 | 63% |
| $225 | 1 in 2,495 | 1,470 | 932 | 63% |
| $150 | 1 in 1,535 | 2,389 | 1,545 | 65% |
| $130 | 1 in 1,332 | 2,754 | 1,748 | 63% |
| $100 | 1 in 136 | 26,898 | 17,204 | 64% |
| $50 | 1 in 26 | 141,784 | 90,477 | 64% |
| $30 | 1 in 37 | 99,685 | 63,679 | 64% |
| $25 | 1 in 86 | 42,780 | 27,492 | 64% |
| $20 | 1 in 15 | 244,562 | 156,801 | 64% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 366,787 | 239,231 | 65% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on August 5, one $250,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 5. The most recent was on September 15.
- September 15, 20261 claimed · 5 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 3.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 5 times the average for New Jersey's $10 games (0.8% 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
- New Jersey
- Game Number
- 1996
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 8/4/2026
- Payout %
- 72.0%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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All 13 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 Crossword (this game) | 68 | 1 in 3.94 | 72.0% | $250K · 5 | 3.9% |
| Cash Fever | 66 | 1 in 3.72 | 73.4% | $500K · 2 | 0.7% |
| Disco Dollarfest | 65 | 1 in 3.72 | 72.9% | $500K · 1 | 0.3% |
| Ruby 7's | 61 | 1 in 4.04 | 72.7% | $500K · 1 | 4.0% |
| 50X Cash Blitz | 59 | 1 in 3.75 | 71.0% | $500K · 1 | 0.2% |
| $1,000,000 Spectacular | 57 | 1 in 3.89 | 72.6% | $1M · 1 | 1.3% |
| The Shore Thing | 53 | 1 in 3.96 | 70.5% | $500K · 1 | 0.2% |
| Super Hot 7's | 49 | 1 in 4.01 | 69.9% | $500K · 1 | 0.2% |
| $250,000 Crossword (Game #1965) | 45 | 1 in 3.94 | 71.9% | $250K · 1 | 0.2% |
| AC Night$ | 37 | 1 in 5.65 | 69.9% | $500K · 1 | 1.6% |
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.