Are the top prizes in Zoltar® Crossword still available?

4 of 4 top prizes worth $25,000 are still unclaimed.

What does a Zoltar® Crossword ticket pay back?

You get back about 63¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the New Mexico Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

New Mexico · $15 ticket · #691

Zoltar® Crossword

Updated today

4 top prizes are still unclaimed at $25,000. A $15 ticket returns about 63¢ on average.

Includes free-ticket prizes

Pays back per $1 63¢ about 63¢ when the game launched

Top prize $25,000 4 of 4 still unclaimed

How far along 14% about 14% of tickets already sold · roughly 270,829 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 2.98 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$25,000	4	4
$5,000	4	6
$1,000	9	10
$500	46	54
$200	459	537
$100	2,392	2,830
$50	6,647	7,820
$30	26,724	31,336
$20	26,581	31,199
$15	13,513	15,647
Free ticket	13,538	15,627

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6288 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.6348 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 2.98
Estimated tickets printed: 313,109
Estimated tickets remaining: 270,829
Estimated fraction sold: 0.1350
Game number: #691

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

Source: the New Mexico Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.