The odds of winning any prize on $30,000 Crossword are 1 in 3.52 (28.39%). Those are the odds printed when the game launched, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for its smaller prizes.

Yes. 109 of the 151 $30,000 top prizes have been claimed, and 42 are still unclaimed, as of Nov 15, 2026. We estimate about 29% of the game's 18,109,754 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. $30,000 Crossword is on sale at Iowa Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 6 $3 Iowa scratch tickets on sale, $30,000 Crossword ranks #3 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 3.52 tickets winning at least the $3 ticket price back. Right now the $3 game with the best odds of breaking even is NEW!Unlock It, where 1 in 3.51 tickets wins at least $3 back.

$30,000 Crossword has 8 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $30,000 at 1 in 125,160 (42 of 151 left); $3,000+ at 1 in 41,720 (84 of 302 left); $300+ at 1 in 3,681 (1,302 of 4,530 left); $100+ at 1 in 675 (6,362 of 21,854 left). Printed odds, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for these: $30+ at 1 in 87.1; $10+ at 1 in 34.5; $5+ at 1 in 9.62; $3+ at 1 in 3.52.

The odds of winning at least your $3 back on one $30,000 Crossword ticket are 1 in 3.52 (28.39%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 9.62 (10.40%).

$30,000 Crossword costs $3 per ticket. It is sold at authorized Iowa Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — Iowa scratch tickets and Iowa scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Iowa Lottery lists them under "Scratch Games" on its own site. "Scratch Tickets" is simply what most players in Iowa call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

$30,000 Crossword, a $3 Iowa scratch ticket, was released on Dec 29, 2022 by the Iowa Lottery.