🏆 $75K top prize claimed on California's MEGA Crossword scratch-off
15 of 35 top prizes remain on the $5 game, according to the lottery's published data.
· California
The California lottery's own prizes-remaining data shows a top prize of $75K claimed on MEGA Crossword, a $5 scratch-off. 15 of the 35 printed now remain.
The change appeared in the published data on October 15, 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 MEGA Crossword are 1 in 3.82. They were fixed at printing and describe the whole run, including every prize already claimed.
MEGA Crossword today
| Prize | Printed | Left now |
|---|---|---|
| $75K | 35 | 15 |
| $5K | 528 | 231 |
| $1K | 1082 | 446 |
| $500 | 13862 | 5332 |
| $100 | 71150 | 27490 |
| $50 | 135546 | 52476 |
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