Crossword Express #1617 | 🏆57


Crossword Express
Crossword Express

Description

Fast track your D-A-Y with a $1 express ticket to fun. **Crossword Express Scratchers ®** spells out F-U-N with tickets in three colors and up to eight chances to win **A TOP PRIZE OF $100!**

How to play Crossword Express in California

  • PLAY INSTRUCTIONS: Scratch "YOUR 18 LETTERS" box to reveal your 18 letters.
  • Scratch the corresponding letters on the CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
  • If you uncover 2 or more complete words in the CROSSWORD PUZZLE, you win the prize indicated in the PRIZE KEY.
  • Letters forming a word filling a complete word space can only be used to form one complete WORD (e.g. "BEE" and "HIVE" within "BEEHIVE" are considered only one complete WORD).
  • Only highest prize won paid per ticket.

Analysis

Crossword Express has a score of 57, making it one of the worst scratchoffs in the country.

There are 9,748,059 tickets remaining. At $1 per ticket, it would cost $9,748,059 to buy all remaining tickets. According to the latest reports from the California lottery website, there are $5,571,806 in remaining prizes.

The value of the remaining prizes is below the cost of the remaining tickets by $4,176,253. With 9,748,059 tickets remaining, that's an average of -$0.43 per ticket.

An average of 13,666 tickets have been claimed each day between 3/27/2025 and 4/3/2025. The largest prize claimed in that time period was $100.

The last grand prize of $100 was claimed on 3/31/2025. 10,613 tickets have been sold since the last grand prize was claimed. With 34,715 grand prizes in the game, it's expected that there will be 1 grand prize sold every 700 tickets.


Last Updated
4/1/2025
Ticket Price
$1
Ticket Value
$0.57
Ticket Profit
-$0.43
Odds of Winning
1 in 4.8265
Number Tickets Printed
24,300,500
Number Tickets Remain
9,748,059
Percent Tickets Remain
40.1146%
Initial Expected Value
63.0150%
Current Expected Value
57.1581%

Prizes

$100.00

Remaining: 11,195
Claimed: 23,520
Percent Remaining: 32.25%

$20.00

Remaining: 20,320
Claimed: 40,307
Percent Remaining: 33.52%

$10.00

Remaining: 62,504
Claimed: 119,869
Percent Remaining: 34.27%

$5.00

Remaining: 143,395
Claimed: 261,162
Percent Remaining: 35.44%

$3.00

Remaining: 187,137
Claimed: 319,187
Percent Remaining: 36.96%

$2.00

Remaining: 547,332
Claimed: 869,873
Percent Remaining: 38.62%

$1.00

Remaining: 1,047,816
Claimed: 1,381,200
Percent Remaining: 43.14%

$0

Remaining: 7,728,361
Claimed: 11,537,322
Percent Remaining: 40.11%