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🏆 $7M top prize claimed on California's Crossword Xtreme scratch-off

1 of 4 top prizes remain on the $30 game, according to the lottery's published data.

· California

The California lottery's own prizes-remaining data shows a top prize of $7M claimed on Crossword Xtreme, a $30 scratch-off. 1 of the 4 printed now remain.

The change appeared in the published data on October 20, 2026. Lotteries publish with a lag, so the prize itself may have been claimed a day or more earlier. The figures do not say who claimed it or where, and neither do we.

Overall odds on Crossword Xtreme are 1 in 2.72. They were fixed at printing and describe the whole run, including every prize already claimed.

Crossword Xtreme today

PrizePrintedLeft now
$7M41
$500K2412
$50K3117
$10K6430
$5K802406
$1K192429756

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What this does not say

That any ticket is a good buy. Every scratch game returns less than it takes in, with or without its top prize.