3 of 8
top prizes of $30,000 still out there
Ticket price$3
Top prize$30,000
Launch odds1 in 3.69
Prizes remaining (all tiers)305,038
Est. tickets left
≈34%
Bonus Crossword is a $3 scratch-off from the Maryland Lottery (game #731) with a top prize of $30,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.69 at launch. 5 of 8 top prizes are gone, 3 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 34% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 305,038 prizes are still out there (it started with 887,971).
Every scratcher is a race between the tickets running out and the prizes running out. "Bonus Crossword" is well into its run — about a third of the print run is still out there, and three of eight top prizes are still in play. The rest of this page is the play-by-play. Same time tomorrow — the board will have moved a little, and this page will move with it.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | 3 | 8 |
| $5,000 | 7 | 20 |
| $1,000 | 14 | 30 |
| $100 | 3,046 | 9,313 |
| $25 | 17,941 | 54,618 |
| $10 | 44,757 | 135,266 |
| $5 | 94,497 | 280,089 |
| $3 | 144,773 | 408,627 |
Prize counts come straight from official Maryland lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
3 of the 8 top prizes of $30,000 are still unclaimed, according to official Maryland lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Bonus Crossword is a $3 scratch-off. It is game #731 from the Maryland Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.69, 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 Maryland 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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