Crossword XtremeNew Jersey Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Crossword Xtreme is a $30 ticket from the New Jersey Lottery. Our estimate for the $600,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 926,639 per ticket, from 1 in 603,523 at launch. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.40 are the best of the 6 $30 tickets New Jersey sells.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 604K at launch, about 1 in 927K now. The $600,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- The prize pool gives back $0.76 of every $1, better than most games manage.
- Little of the prize pool has been drained so far.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $600,000 | 1 in 603,767 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $25,000 | 1 in 201,256 | 9 | 4 | 44% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 86,252 | 21 | 11 | 52% |
| $500 | 1 in 216 | 8,370 | 4,310 | 51% |
| $250 | 1 in 134 | 13,535 | 6,928 | 51% |
| $200 | 1 in 133 | 13,623 | 6,982 | 51% |
| $150 | 1 in 57 | 31,718 | 16,202 | 51% |
| $100 | 1 in 25 | 72,527 | 37,039 | 51% |
| $75 | 1 in 59 | 30,454 | 15,490 | 51% |
| $50 | 1 in 10 | 181,130 | 93,054 | 51% |
| $30 | 1 in 10 | 181,130 | 92,520 | 51% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on July 7, 2 $600,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on September 22.
- September 22, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- August 30, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 3.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 5 times the average for New Jersey's $30 games (0.7% 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
- 1981
- Ticket Price
- $30
- Start Date
- 7/6/2026
- Payout %
- 75.7%
- Data Source
- State lottery
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $30 ticket in New Jersey
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 Payday | 96 | 1 in 3.64 | 77.2% | $1M · 9 | 1.7% |
| Jersey Riches | 85 | 1 in 3.48 | 78.4% | $3M · 2 | 1.1% |
| Jackpot Millions | 79 | 1 in 3.40 | 77.4% | $3M · 2 | 0.7% |
| Crossword Xtreme (this game) | 78 | 1 in 3.40 | 75.7% | $600K · 1 | 3.6% |
| $1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacul | 68 | 1 in 3.61 | 73.5% | $1M · 4 | 0.4% |
| $5,000,000 Fortune | 59 | 1 in 3.96 | 75.1% | $5M · 1 | 0.5% |
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.