Crossword Express #1617 | 🏆56


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 56, making it one of the worst scratchoffs in the country.

There are 8,598,649 tickets remaining. At $1 per ticket, it would cost $8,598,649 to buy all remaining tickets. According to the latest reports from the California lottery website, there are $4,799,628 in remaining prizes.

The value of the remaining prizes is below the cost of the remaining tickets by $3,799,021. With 8,598,649 tickets remaining, that's an average of -$0.44 per ticket.

An average of 38,695 tickets have been claimed each day between 5/17/2025 and 5/24/2025. The largest prize claimed in that time period was $100.

The last grand prize of $100 was claimed on 5/21/2025. 24,248 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
5/22/2025
Ticket Price
$1
Ticket Value
$0.56
Ticket Profit
-$0.44
Odds of Winning
1 in 4.8265
Number Tickets Printed
24,300,500
Number Tickets Remain
8,598,650
Percent Tickets Remain
35.3847%
Initial Expected Value
63.0150%
Current Expected Value
55.8184%

Prizes

$100.00

Remaining: 9,326
Claimed: 25,389
Percent Remaining: 26.86%

$20.00

Remaining: 17,108
Claimed: 43,519
Percent Remaining: 28.22%

$10.00

Remaining: 52,903
Claimed: 129,470
Percent Remaining: 29.01%

$5.00

Remaining: 122,831
Claimed: 281,726
Percent Remaining: 30.36%

$3.00

Remaining: 161,773
Claimed: 344,551
Percent Remaining: 31.95%

$2.00

Remaining: 478,752
Claimed: 938,453
Percent Remaining: 33.78%

$1.00

Remaining: 938,860
Claimed: 1,490,156
Percent Remaining: 38.65%

$0

Remaining: 6,817,097
Claimed: 12,448,586
Percent Remaining: 35.38%