2 grand prizes remain - "$500,000 Crossword"

How to play $500,000 Crossword from the Maryland Lottery

How to Play: $500,000 Crossword

Scratch entire YOUR LETTERS area to reveal 20 YOUR LETTERS.
For each letter revealed in the YOUR LETTERS area, scratch that same letter each time it is found in PUZZLES 1-3.
Scratch three (3) or more complete words in PUZZLES 1-3 and win the corresponding prize found in the PUZZLE'S PRIZE LEGEND. Only the highest corresponding prize in the PRIZE LEGEND can be won.
Each PUZZLE and each BONUS WORD is played separately.
Each MULTIPLIER plays separately and cannot be combined with other multiplies for a higher multiplier number.

PUZZLE MULTIPLIERS 1-3

Scratch "PUZZLE 1 MULTIPLIER", multiply your PUZZLE 1 winning prize by the number revealed in the "PUZZLE 1 MULTIPLIER".
Scratch "PUZZLE 2 MULTIPLIER", multiply your PUZZLE 2 winning prize by the number revealed in the "PUZZLE 2 MULTIPLIER".
Scratch "PUZZLE 3 MULTIPLIER", multiply your PUZZLE 3 winning prize by the number revealed in the "PUZZLE 3 MULTIPLIER".

BONUS WORDS 1-3

Scratch each letter in BONUS WORDS 1-2 that corresponds to YOUR LETTERS. If you match a complete BONUS WORD, win prize shown next to that BONUS WORD. Wins in the BONUS WORD 1 and BONUS WORD 2 play areas cannot be used to win in PUZZLES 1-3.

FAST $100 SPOTS 1-3

Reveal a "money bag" in any FAST $100 SPOT, win $100 automatically! FAST $100 SPOTS 1-3 do not multiply.

Probability of Winning: 1 in 2.84

Analysis

Last Updated: Mar 18, 2024

$500,000 Crossword has a score of 100 making it one of the best scratchoffs in the country.

There are 151,570 tickets remaining. At $20 per ticket, it would cost $3,031,400 to buy all remaining tickets. According to the latest reports from the Maryland lottery website, there are $3,021,980 in remaining prizes.

The value of the remaining prizes is below the cost of the remaining tickets by -$9,420. With 151,570 tickets remaining, that's an average of -$0.06 per ticket.

An average of 20 tickets have been claimed each day between Mar 13, 2024 and Mar 20, 2024. The largest prize claimed in that time period was $200.

The last grand prize of $500,000 was claimed on Aug 3, 2023. 206,056 tickets have been sold since the last grand prize was claimed. With 8 grand prizes in the game, it's expected that there will be 1 grand prize sold every 423,462 tickets.

Ticket Price:$20.00

Ticket Value:$19.94

Ticket Profit:-$0.06

Odds of Winning: 1 in 2.84

Number Tickets Printed:3,387,699

Number Tickets Remain:151,571

Percent Tickets Remain:4.47%

Initial Expected Value:75.70%

Expected Value:99.69%

Prizes

$500,000

Remaining:2

Claimed:6

Percent Remaining: 25.00%

$50,000

Remaining:0

Claimed:10

Percent Remaining: 0.00%

$10,000

Remaining:2

Claimed:28

Percent Remaining: 6.67%

$1,000

Remaining:54

Claimed:877

Percent Remaining: 5.80%

$500

Remaining:272

Claimed:6,633

Percent Remaining: 3.94%

$200

Remaining:1,096

Claimed:25,145

Percent Remaining: 4.18%

$100

Remaining:1,934

Claimed:45,178

Percent Remaining: 4.11%

$50

Remaining:13,306

Claimed:317,243

Percent Remaining: 4.03%

$20

Remaining:36,704

Claimed:744,362

Percent Remaining: 4.70%

$0

Remaining:98,201

Claimed:2,096,646

Percent Remaining: 4.47%

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