15 of 15
top prizes of $2,000,000 still out there
Ticket price$20
Top prize$2,000,000
Launch odds1 in 3.1
Prizes remaining (all tiers)5,081,032
Est. tickets left
≈88%
Instant Prize Crossword is a $20 scratch-off from the California Lottery (game #1739) with a top prize of $2,000,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.1 at launch. All 15 top prizes are still unclaimed and an estimated 88% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 5,081,032 prizes are still out there (it started with 5,788,856).
Skip the headlines and read the board itself: the most common win still out there on "Instant Prize Crossword" is a free ticket, and the second-biggest prize left is $25,000 — 31 of those are still unclaimed. A scratcher IS its prize table, and this page keeps the whole thing counted, level by level. All of it comes straight from official California lottery numbers, current through September 1.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000,000 | 15 | 15 |
| $25,000 | 31 | 32 |
| $10,000 | 25 | 30 |
| $5,000 | 136 | 147 |
| $2,000 | 4,120 | 4,482 |
| $1,000 | 10,850 | 11,997 |
| $500 | 27,524 | 31,374 |
| $250 | 39,260 | 44,845 |
| $200 | 85,486 | 97,426 |
| $100 | 393,290 | 448,992 |
| $50 | 735,077 | 838,194 |
| $25 | 1,681,335 | 1,916,238 |
| 🎟️ Free Ticket | 2,103,883 | 2,395,084 |
Prize counts come straight from official California lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
15 of the 15 top prizes of $2,000,000 are still unclaimed, according to official California lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Instant Prize Crossword is a $20 scratch-off. It is game #1739 from the California Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.1, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.
Prize counts come straight from official California lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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