$5,000 CROSSWORD #1515 | 🏆54


$5,000 CROSSWORD

How to play $5,000 CROSSWORD in Florida

Scratch YOUR LETTERS. Scratch the letters in the PUZZLE that match any of YOUR LETTERS. Completely match YOUR LETTERS to the letters in the PUZZLE to form two (2) or more words, win the corresponding prize in the PRIZE KEY for the total number of words completed. A word must contain at least 3 letters. Words cannot be formed diagonally, cannot read from right to left, and cannot read from bottom to top. A word must be in an unbroken horizontal or vertical string and not interrupted by a blank space and must contain every letter between 2 blank spaces or an edge and a blank space.


Analysis

$5,000 CROSSWORD has a score of 54, making it one of the worst scratchoffs in the country.

There are 3,726,003 tickets remaining. At $1 per ticket, it would cost $3,726,003 to buy all remaining tickets. According to the latest reports from the Florida lottery website, there are $2,023,558 in remaining prizes.

The value of the remaining prizes is below the cost of the remaining tickets by $1,702,445. With 3,726,003 tickets remaining, that's an average of -$0.46 per ticket.

An average of 2,188 tickets have been claimed each day between 2/16/2025 and 2/23/2025. The largest prize claimed in that time period was $50.

The last grand prize of $5,000 was claimed on 12/4/2024. 163,996 tickets have been sold since the last grand prize was claimed. With 64 grand prizes in the game, it's expected that there will be 1 grand prize sold every 215,583 tickets.


Last Updated
2/21/2025
Ticket Price
$1
Ticket Value
$0.54
Ticket Profit
-$0.46
Odds of Winning
1 in 4.9657
Number Tickets Printed
13,797,312
Number Tickets Remain
3,726,003
Percent Tickets Remain
27.0053%
Initial Expected Value
62.5589%
Current Expected Value
54.3091%

Prizes

$5,000.00

Remaining: 11
Claimed: 53
Percent Remaining: 17.19%

$50.00

Remaining: 3,919
Claimed: 15,144
Percent Remaining: 20.56%

$10.00

Remaining: 39,107
Claimed: 144,857
Percent Remaining: 21.26%

$5.00

Remaining: 168,556
Claimed: 567,247
Percent Remaining: 22.91%

$1.00

Remaining: 538,758
Claimed: 1,300,882
Percent Remaining: 29.29%

$0

Remaining: 2,975,653
Claimed: 8,043,125
Percent Remaining: 27.01%