3 of 3 left100%
MA
$15,000,000 MAGNIFICENT MILLIONS
$30 ticket
0.62
VI
$15M
top prize
3 of 3 remain100%
Available
IL$25 ticket
$1,000,000
Million-Dollar Scratcher
$1,000,000 Crossword 50X
Illinois
GSI Intelligence
0.47
GSI
#31
National Rank · of 148
#4
Illinois Rank · of 4
$1.0M
Top Prize
5/5
Top Prizes Remaining
100%
Jackpot Health
Jackpot Health
Percentage of the original $1M+ top prizes remaining.
5
of 5 top prizes remain
100%
top prizes remaining
Prize Pool Health
Percentage of the game's original total prize value — every prize tier, not just the top prize — that remains unclaimed.
$91.6M
of $104.3M total prize value
88%
of pool value remaining
Campaign Economics
EstimatedThe business scale behind the game, not just the top prize — derived from $1,000,000 Crossword 50X's real prize table and printed overall odds, never a scraped or third-party print-run figure.
$135.0M
Campaign revenue — full print run
~5,399,043 tickets est. printed
$117.6M
Revenue potential remaining
~4,703,461 tickets est. remaining
Lottery retention not shown — GSI hasn't sourced a verified payout rate for Illinois.
GSI Proprietary Research
83
RDS
100% inventory remaining · top 50% by remaining $ value · top 20% by ticket-level scarcity
80
BOS
Avg. of RDS 83 · VI 0.47 · Jackpot Health 100% · Pool Health 88%
Odds breakdown
Is $1,000,000 Crossword 50X worth buying?
Weak value right now
A Value Index of 0.47 is well under the 0.67 national average. Higher-value games are ranked above this one on the homepage.
Full prize table
Prize Pool History
30d/90d — Premium
Frequently asked questions
Value Index
0.47
National average: 0.67
Combines expected value per dollar (60%) with jackpot size relative to ticket price (40%).
State details
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