🏆 $2M top prize claimed on California's Instant Prize Crossword scratch-off
9 of 15 top prizes remain on the $20 game, according to the lottery's published data.
· California
The California lottery's own prizes-remaining data shows 3 top prizes of $2M claimed on Instant Prize Crossword, a $20 scratch-off. 9 of the 15 printed now remain.
The change appeared in the published data on October 30, 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 Instant Prize Crossword are 1 in 3.10. They were fixed at printing and describe the whole run, including every prize already claimed.
Instant Prize Crossword today
| Prize | Printed | Left now |
|---|---|---|
| $2M | 15 | 9 |
| $25K | 32 | 26 |
| $10K | 30 | 24 |
| $5K | 147 | 113 |
| $2K | 4482 | 3238 |
| $1K | 11997 | 8497 |
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