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TOP PRIZES GONE ▼12.5
$5MM Crossword Cash
$20 № 1539 · overall odds 1:2.9 · launched Aug 7 2023
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67.0%
printed 79.5%
DRIFT
% SOLD
85.7%
The read
This game's top prizes are all gone — you can still win the lower tiers, but the headline jackpots are no longer available.
✝ Obituary top prizes gone
$5MM Crossword Cash · Aug 7, 2023 — Jul 3, 2026 (1,062 days)
final 85.7% solddesigned return 79.5% → final 67.0%peak drift -12.5%
The top prizes were already gone when tracking began — their fall predates our records.
Top prizes exhausted — it lingered on shelves, paying out the remainder.
top prize $5Mremaining 0 of 6data updated Aug 20, 2026
RETURN NOW — HISTORYtick = launch 79.5%
% SOLD — HISTORY
SALES VELOCITY
tickets/day 25,826
est. remaining 3,446,706
projected sellout Jan 1 2027 (~133d)
PRIZE TIERS · snapshot Aug 20, 6:15 PM
| PRIZE | ODDS | TOTAL | REMAINING | PAID | % LEFT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5M | 1:4,018,135 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% |
| $1M | 1:1,339,378 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11.1% |
| $100K | 1:1,339,378 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11.1% |
| $1K | 1:2,493 | 9,672 | 1,313 | 8,359 | 13.6% |
| $500 | 1:3,238 | 7,445 | 901 | 6,544 | 12.1% |
| $250 | 1:1,494 | 16,135 | 1,961 | 14,174 | 12.2% |
| $200 | 1:414 | 58,248 | 7,233 | 51,015 | 12.4% |
| $150 | 1:297 | 81,297 | 10,065 | 71,232 | 12.4% |
| $100 | 1:26 | 913,942 | 114,153 | 799,789 | 12.5% |
| $50 | 1:30 | 803,627 | 102,272 | 701,355 | 12.7% |
| $40 | 1:30 | 803,718 | 101,621 | 702,097 | 12.6% |
| $30 | 1:15 | 1,607,560 | 211,082 | 1,396,478 | 13.1% |
| $20 | 1:6 | 4,017,771 | 593,141 | 3,424,630 | 14.8% |
% LEFT prints green when a tier is over-stocked vs the game's remaining share, red when depleting faster.
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