25 of 25
top prizes of $750,000 still out there
Ticket price$10
Top prize$750,000
Launch odds1 in 3.47
Prizes remaining (all tiers)8,366,821
Est. tickets left
≈97%
Mystery Crossword is a $10 scratch-off from the California Lottery (game #1743) with a top prize of $750,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.47 at launch. All 25 top prizes are still unclaimed and an estimated 97% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 8,366,821 prizes are still out there (it started with 8,653,564).
"Mystery Crossword" just landed on California counters. Every scratcher starts life as a full board — twelve prize levels, all intact with 25 top prizes of $750,000 on the board — and spends the rest of its run getting picked apart. You're looking at it before the picking starts, which is honestly the cleanest look you'll ever get at it. Every line of Mystery Crossword's prize table below is today's tally, not last month's.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $750,000 | 25 | 25 |
| $10,000 | 49 | 50 |
| $4,000 | 76 | 76 |
| $2,000 | 78 | 78 |
| $1,000 | 3,714 | 3,767 |
| $400 | 6,077 | 6,273 |
| $200 | 54,125 | 56,014 |
| $100 | 586,211 | 607,000 |
| $60 | 290,989 | 301,280 |
| $40 | 462,767 | 479,001 |
| $20 | 2,319,312 | 2,400,000 |
| 🎟️ Free Ticket | 4,643,398 | 4,800,000 |
Prize counts come straight from official California lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
25 of the 25 top prizes of $750,000 are still unclaimed, according to official California lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Mystery Crossword is a $10 scratch-off. It is game #1743 from the California Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.47, 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.
Prize counts are just the start. SmartScratcher turns them into a ticket value, a 0–100 score, and a straight answer for every game — so you skip the picked-clean ones and play the good ones.
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