4 of 8
top prizes of $30,000 still out there
Ticket price$3
Top prize$30,000
Launch odds1 in 3.66
Prizes remaining (all tiers)482,961
Est. tickets left
≈54%
Bonus Crossword is a $3 scratch-off from the Maryland Lottery (game #784) with a top prize of $30,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.66 at launch. 4 of 8 top prizes are gone, 4 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 54% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 482,961 prizes are still out there (it started with 898,025).
Some games are best understood one row of the table at a time. On "Bonus Crossword" right now, the most common win still waiting is $3 — 223,573 of them on the board — plus twelve prizes of $5,000 sitting just under the top end. The full count, top to bottom, is right below. Everything above comes from the Maryland Lottery's own published numbers — we just do the counting.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | 4 | 8 |
| $5,000 | 12 | 20 |
| $1,000 | 12 | 28 |
| $100 | 4,657 | 8,821 |
| $25 | 28,838 | 54,908 |
| $10 | 72,737 | 137,886 |
| $5 | 153,128 | 287,155 |
| $3 | 223,573 | 409,199 |
Prize counts come straight from official Maryland lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
4 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 #784 from the Maryland Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.66, 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.
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