Instant Prize Crossword #1590 | 🏆79 help_outline
Description
Take a break from your day and enjoy a little M-E time with **Instant Prize Crossword Scratchers ®**. With two separate play grids and a Fast $100 Spot for up to three chances to win per game, you know you will have a "Playful and entertaining experience (3 letters)." Enhancing your fun are two secret puzzle multipliers that may multiply prizes by 1X, 2X, 3X, 5X, 10X, 20X, or 50X, and chances for up to eight words that win instantly, as well as a N-I-C-E **TOP PRIZE OF $2,000,000!**
How to play Instant Prize Crossword from the California Lottery
- Scratch "YOUR LETTERS" play area to reveal a total of 20 letters.
- In each PUZZLE; scratch each letter that matches "YOUR LETTERS."
- In each PUZZLE; completely uncover three or more words, win corresponding prize shown in the PRIZE KEY.
- If you completely uncover any one "PINK" Instant Prize word, win the corresponding prize shown for that same word (even if there are less than three words revealed in the PUZZLE). A "PINK" Instant Prize word has each and every letter of the word highlighted in pink.
- Scratch "PUZZLE 1 MULTIPLIER." Multiply your PUZZLE 1 winning prize or the "PINK" Instant Prize word winning prize by the number revealed in the "PUZZLE 1 MULTIPLIER.
- "Scratch "PUZZLE 2 MULTIPLIER." Multiply your PUZZLE 2 winning prize or the "PINK" Instant Prize word winning prize by the number revealed in the "PUZZLE 2 MULTIPLIER."
- EACH PUZZLE PLAYS SEPARATELY. Words on each PUZZLE cannot be combined to win a higher prize.
- EACH MULTIPLIER PLAYS SEPARATELY. The number revealed in the Puzzle 1 MULTIPLIER cannot be combined with the number revealed in Puzzle 2 MULTIPLIER to win a higher multiplier number. The number revealed in Puzzle 1 MULTIPLIER cannot be used to multiply a Puzzle 2 winning prize.
- FAST $100 SPOT: Uncover a "100" in the "FAST $100 SPOT," win $100 instantly! "FAST $100 SPOT" does not multiply. Players can win up to three (3) times on this ticket.
Analysis
Instant Prize Crossword has a score of 79 making it a better than average scratchoff.
There are 20,536,678 tickets remaining. At $20 per ticket, it would cost $410,733,560 to buy all remaining tickets. According to the latest reports from the California lottery website, there are $322,881,130 in remaining prizes.
The value of the remaining prizes is below the cost of the remaining tickets by -$87,852,430. With 20,536,678 tickets remaining, that's an average of -$4.28 per ticket.
An average of 60,222 tickets have been claimed each day between Sep 21, 2023 and Sep 28, 2023. The largest prize claimed in that time period was $1,000.
We've been tracking this game since Sep 19, 2023 and we have not seen any grand prizes claimed since that date. 386,173 tickets have been sold since Sep 19, 2023. With 17 total grand prizes in the game and 20,935,500 total tickets to be printed, it's expected that there will be 1 grand prize sold every 1,231,500 tickets.