$250,000 Crossword (Game #1965)New Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$250,000 Crossword (Game #1965) is one of the New Jersey Lottery's $10 games. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $250,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 307,269, from 1 in 618,202 at launch. Only 8% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 618K at launch, about 1 in 307K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $250,000 prizes have been claimed.
- $0.72 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
- Frequent winners: roughly a 25% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.94), ahead of most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 | 1 in 617,790 | 6 | 1 | 17% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 370,674 | 10 | 0 | Claimed |
| $1,000 | 1 in 154,448 | 24 | 3 | 13% |
| $525 | 1 in 3,028 | 1,224 | 67 | 5% |
| $500 | 1 in 3,021 | 1,227 | 86 | 7% |
| $225 | 1 in 2,498 | 1,484 | 101 | 7% |
| $150 | 1 in 1,548 | 2,394 | 165 | 7% |
| $130 | 1 in 1,333 | 2,781 | 167 | 6% |
| $100 | 1 in 136 | 27,163 | 1,718 | 6% |
| $50 | 1 in 26 | 143,220 | 9,500 | 7% |
| $30 | 1 in 37 | 100,841 | 6,703 | 7% |
| $25 | 1 in 86 | 43,279 | 3,123 | 7% |
| $20 | 1 in 15 | 247,135 | 18,113 | 7% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 370,636 | 38,240 | 10% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since April 6, when our records for it began, 5 $250,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on April 25.
- April 25, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- April 13, 20264 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for New Jersey's $10 games (1.1% 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
- 1965
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 2/18/2026
- Payout %
- 71.9%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $10 ticket in New Jersey
All 13 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250,000 Crossword | 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) (this game) | 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.