Crossword Xtreme is a $30 scratch-off from the New Jersey Lottery (game #01981) with a top prize of $600,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.4 at launch. All 3 top prizes are still unclaimed and an estimated 77% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 407,615 prizes are still out there (it started with 532,520).
Skip the headlines and read the board itself: the most common win still out there on "Crossword Xtreme" is $50, and the second-biggest prize left is $25,000 — eight of those are still unclaimed. A scratcher IS its prize table, and this page keeps the whole thing counted, level by level. Neither build is better — grinders and jackpot-chasers are just different games in the same wrapper. That's the free read on "Crossword Xtreme" for today — every number behind it is on this page.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $600,000 | 3 | 3 |
| $25,000 | 8 | 9 |
| $2,000 | 17 | 21 |
| $500 | 6,468 | 8,370 |
| $250 | 10,398 | 13,535 |
| $200 | 10,439 | 13,623 |
| $150 | 24,244 | 31,718 |
| $100 | 55,390 | 72,527 |
| $75 | 23,272 | 30,454 |
| $50 | 138,720 | 181,130 |
| 🎟️ Free Ticket | 138,656 | 181,130 |
Prize counts come straight from official New Jersey lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
3 of the 3 top prizes of $600,000 are still unclaimed, according to official New Jersey lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Crossword Xtreme is a $30 scratch-off. It is game #01981 from the New Jersey Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.4, 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 New Jersey lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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