To play "Jumbo Bucks Crossword," scratch off YOUR LETTERS to reveal 18 letters. Rub each matching letter every time it is found in the Crossword Grid. Each letter's square, when rubbed gently, will turn white.
When you have matched the letters of three (3) or more entire words in the Crossword Grid, win the corresponding prize shown in the the LEGEND. Only the highest prize won in the Crossword Grid will be paid.
Scratch each "dollar" symbol that appears in the Crossword Grid; each "dollar" symbol is a free spot in lieu of a letter. Also, when an "dollar" symbol appears in any winning combination of words, win 5 TIMES the corresponding prize found in the PRIZE LEGEND.
A "word" must contain at least three letters and cannot be formed by linking letters diagonally or by reading the letters from bottom to top.
Every single letter square of a "word" must be match and letters or a free spot combined to form a "word" must appear in an unbroken horizontal or vertical string of letters in the Crossword Grid. An unbroken string of letters cannot be interrupted by a black space. There will only be one "word" in an unbroken horizontal or vertical string of letters. Every single letter in the unbroken string must: (a) be revealed in YOUR LETTERS, and (b) be included to form a "word."
The three (3) small letters outside the YOUR 18 LETTERS box are for validation purposes and cannot be used to play JUMBO BUCKS CROSSWORD.
Analysis
JUMBO BUCKS Crossword has a score of 51, making it
one of the worst scratchoffs in the country.
There are 5,252,730 tickets remaining. At $3 per ticket, it would cost $15,758,190 to buy all remaining
tickets. According to the latest reports from the Georgia lottery website, there
are $8,068,685 in remaining prizes.
The value of the remaining prizes is below
the cost of the remaining tickets by $7,689,505. With 5,252,730 tickets remaining, that's an average of
-$1.46 per ticket.
An average of 25,402 tickets have been claimed each day between
2/16/2025 and 2/23/2025. The largest prize
claimed in that time period was $500.
The last grand prize of $100,000
was claimed on 2/4/2025. 467,033 tickets have been sold since the last grand prize was claimed. With
60 grand prizes in the game,
it's expected that there will be 1 grand prize sold every 1,207,827 tickets.