🏆 $250K top prize claimed on New Jersey's $250,000 Crossword scratch-off
5 of 6 top prizes remain on the $10 game, according to the lottery's published data.
· New Jersey
The New Jersey lottery's own prizes-remaining data shows a top prize of $250K claimed on $250,000 Crossword, a $10 scratch-off. 5 of the 6 printed now remain.
The change appeared in the published data on October 8, 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 $250,000 Crossword are 1 in 3.94. They were fixed at printing and describe the whole run, including every prize already claimed.
$250,000 Crossword today
| Prize | Printed | Left now |
|---|---|---|
| $250K | 6 | 4 |
| $20K | 10 | 6 |
| $1K | 24 | 17 |
| $525 | 1199 | 628 |
| $500 | 1205 | 650 |
| $225 | 1470 | 795 |
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