🏆 $750K top prize claimed on California's Mystery Crossword scratch-off
20 of 25 top prizes remain on the $10 game, according to the lottery's published data.
· California
The California lottery's own prizes-remaining data shows a top prize of $750K claimed on Mystery Crossword, a $10 scratch-off. 20 of the 25 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 Mystery Crossword are 1 in 3.47. They were fixed at printing and describe the whole run, including every prize already claimed.
Mystery Crossword today
| Prize | Printed | Left now |
|---|---|---|
| $750K | 25 | 17 |
| $10K | 50 | 34 |
| $4K | 76 | 54 |
| $2K | 78 | 51 |
| $1K | 3767 | 2453 |
| $400 | 6273 | 3764 |
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