The odds of winning any prize on NEW!$100,000 Mega Crossword are 1 in 3.29 (30.38%). Those are the odds printed when the game launched, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for its smaller prizes.

Yes. 16 of the 45 $100,000 top prizes have been claimed, and 29 are still unclaimed, as of Nov 15, 2026. We estimate about 65% of the game's 5,405,670 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. NEW!$100,000 Mega Crossword is on sale at Iowa Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 14 $10 Iowa scratch tickets on sale, NEW!$100,000 Mega Crossword ranks #14 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 3.29 tickets winning at least the $10 ticket price back. Right now the $10 game with the best odds of breaking even is NEW!$100,000 Cash Bonus, where 1 in 2.81 tickets wins at least $10 back.

NEW!$100,000 Mega Crossword has 10 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $100,000 at 1 in 121,575 (29 of 45 left); $10,000+ at 1 in 40,065 (59 of 90 left); $1,000+ at 1 in 9,017 (303 of 450 left); $500+ at 1 in 2,871 (837 of 1,279 left); $200+ at 1 in 1,020 (2,228 of 3,367 left); $100+ at 1 in 264 (9,898 of 15,143 left); $50+ at 1 in 27 (117,457 of 180,189 left). Printed odds, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for these: $30+ at 1 in 14.2; $20+ at 1 in 7.29; $10+ at 1 in 3.29.

The odds of winning at least your $10 back on one NEW!$100,000 Mega Crossword ticket are 1 in 3.29 (30.38%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 7.29 (13.71%).

NEW!$100,000 Mega Crossword costs $10 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.

NEW!$100,000 Mega Crossword, a $10 Iowa scratch ticket, was released on Dec 12, 2025 by the Iowa Lottery.