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$250,000 Crossword

Last update: May 13, 2026

Game Info

Ticket Price $10
State NJ
Game Number 1965
Date Release Feb 18, 2026
Date End Mar 8, 2030

Overall Game Info

Overall Odds ? 1 in 3.94
REAL Odds™️ ? PRO ****
Overall Payout ? 71.9%
Current Overall Payout ? PRO ****

Amount of Prizes

$ At Release ? $26,668,195
$ Remaining ? $15,809,710
% Remaining ? 59.3%

Estimated Tickets PRO

Tickets Remaining ? ****
% Tickets Remaining ? ****
Tickets Sold Yesterday ? ****

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Prize Counts

Prize Odds

HIT ALERTS! PRO

Rankings PRO

Top Prize Claims PRO

Prize Counts Prize amount

Prizes Total ? Claimed ? Remaining ? % Remaining ?
$250,00063350.0%
$20,000105550.0%
$1,00024101458.3%
$5251,22449972559.2%
$5001,22748873960.2%
$2251,48459389160.0%
$1502,3949631,43159.8%
$1302,7811,1361,64559.2%
$10027,16311,03516,12859.4%
$50143,22057,78485,43659.7%
$30100,84140,75560,08659.6%
$2543,27917,38525,89459.8%
$20247,13599,027148,10859.9%
FREE TICKET370,636143,644226,99261.2%
totals941,424373,327568,09760.3%

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Prize Odds Prize Odds

PRIZEs STARTING ODDS ? CURRENT ODDS PRO ? ODDS CHANGE PRO ? ODDS TREND PRO ?
$250,000 1 in 617,790 **** **** ****
$20,000 1 in 370,674 **** **** ****
$1,000 1 in 154,448 **** **** ****
$525 1 in 3,028 **** **** ****
$500 1 in 3,021 **** **** ****
$225 1 in 2,498 **** **** ****
$150 1 in 1,548 **** **** ****
$130 1 in 1,333 **** **** ****
$100 1 in 136 **** **** ****
$50 1 in 26 **** **** ****
$30 1 in 37 **** **** ****
$25 1 in 86 **** **** ****
$20 1 in 15 **** **** ****
FREE TICKET 1 in 10 **** **** ****

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HIT ALERTS! Prize Claims

OverDue Hit Alerts
PRIZES OverDue Edge Prizes Remaining Last Claim (or Start) Days on Alert
$000,000 00% 0 of 00 00 Days 000 Days

Overlooked Hit Alerts
PRIZES Tickets Remaining Prizes Remaining Current Odds Days on Alert
$000,000 00% 0 of 00 0 of 000 000 Days
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OVERDUE - Estimated ticket sales exceed prize odds. The greater the percent, the more a prize is past due.

OVERLOOKED - Unclaimed major prize with less than 10% of tickets remaining.

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Rankings Ranking games

ROOKIE RANKINGS ALL GAMES $10 GAMES
Overall Odds #20 of 63 #6 of 16
Top Prizes Remaining #29 of 63 #14 of 16
Prize Payout #22 of 63 #6 of 16
Top Prize Odds #8 of 55 #3 of 14
PRO RANKINGS ALL GAMES $10 GAMES
Adjusted Game Odds1 of 11 of 1
Best Odds to Win $1,0001 of 11 of 1
Best Odds to Win $10,0001 of 11 of 1
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Top Prize Claims Top Prize Claims

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PRIZE AMOUNT CLAIM DATE ? CLAIM ? DAYS TO CLAIM ? TICKETS SOLD ?
$10,000,000 8/13/2020 1 of 5 142 days 2,345,301
$10,000,000 9/13/2020 1 of 10 43 days 145,091
$10,000,000 11/1/2020 2 of 5 80 days 1,456,109

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