Crossword BonanzaNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Crossword Bonanza is one of the New Jersey Lottery's $20 games. Our estimate for the $400,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 1,167,356 per ticket, from 1 in 823,898 at launch. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.51 are the best of the 8 $20 tickets New Jersey sells. On average it pays back about $0.75 per $1, $0.02 more than the median $20 game in New Jersey.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 824K at launch, about 1 in 1.2M now. The $400,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- At $0.75 returned per $1 spent, this game pays back more than the typical scratch-off.
- Inventory is about half depleted, but a fair number of prizes are still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $400,000 | 1 in 823,660 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $25,000 | 1 in 123,549 | 20 | 11 | 55% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 23,759 | 104 | 50 | 48% |
| $500 | 1 in 299 | 8,254 | 3,922 | 48% |
| $200 | 1 in 218 | 11,350 | 5,292 | 47% |
| $150 | 1 in 193 | 12,789 | 6,001 | 47% |
| $100 | 1 in 35 | 69,990 | 32,682 | 47% |
| $80 | 1 in 98 | 25,126 | 11,745 | 47% |
| $60 | 1 in 120 | 20,591 | 9,639 | 47% |
| $50 | 1 in 20 | 123,549 | 57,759 | 47% |
| $30 | 1 in 13 | 185,335 | 87,106 | 47% |
| $20 | 1 in 10 | 247,075 | 118,372 | 48% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on July 8, 2 $400,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on October 15.
- October 15, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- August 30, 20261 claimed · 2 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 $20 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
- 1976
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 7/7/2026
- Payout %
- 75.2%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $20 ticket in New Jersey
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 Million Premier Ca$h | 91 | 1 in 3.61 | 76.5% | $1M · 3 | 0.9% |
| Black Opal 7's | 84 | 1 in 3.97 | 76.5% | $1M · 2 | 2.0% |
| Crossword Bonanza (this game) | 72 | 1 in 3.51 | 75.2% | $400K · 1 | 3.9% |
| 100X | 72 | 1 in 3.85 | 76.5% | $1M · 1 | 1.1% |
| Quarter Million Ca$h | 69 | 1 in 3.90 | 72.1% | $250K · 6 | 0.5% |
| Mega Hot 7's | 62 | 1 in 3.84 | 73.0% | $1M · 1 | 0.2% |
| 100X Cash Blitz | 55 | 1 in 3.95 | 72.9% | $1M · 1 | 0.1% |
| $50,000,000 Fast Cash | 31 | 1 in 9.70 | 69.1% | $500 · 2,845 | - |
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.