The odds of winning any prize on Crossword Extra are 1 in 4 (25.03%). Those are the odds printed when the game launched, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for its smaller prizes.

Yes. 8 of the 10 $50,000 top prizes have been claimed, and 2 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 21, 2026. We estimate about 25% of the game's 8,408,800 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. Crossword Extra is on sale at Pennsylvania Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 3 $3 Pennsylvania scratch-offs on sale, Crossword Extra ranks #2 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4 tickets winning at least the $3 ticket price back. Right now the $3 game with the best odds of breaking even is Lights, Camera, Crossword, where 1 in 3.57 tickets wins at least $3 back.

Crossword Extra has 15 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $50,000 at 1 in 1,068,587 (2 of 10 left); $5,000+ at 1 in 213,717 (8 of 20 left); $300+ at 1 in 20,162 (96 of 350 left); $250+ at 1 in 10,081 (106 of 420 left); $150+ at 1 in 1,975 (870 of 3,500 left); $75+ at 1 in 744 (1,790 of 7,000 left). Printed odds, since remaining-prize counts aren’t available for these: $60+ at 1 in 332 (14,000 printed); $50+ at 1 in 196 (17,500 printed); $45+ at 1 in 144 (15,400 printed); $30+ at 1 in 97.5 (28,000 printed); $20+ at 1 in 49.4 (84,000 printed); $15+ at 1 in 33 (84,000 printed); $10+ at 1 in 16.6 (252,000 printed); $5+ at 1 in 7.13 (672,000 printed); $3+ at 1 in 4 (924,000 printed).

The odds of winning at least your $3 back on one Crossword Extra ticket are 1 in 4 (25.03%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 7.13 (14.03%).

Crossword Extra costs $3 per ticket. It is sold at authorized Pennsylvania Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — Pennsylvania instant games and Pennsylvania scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Pennsylvania Lottery lists them under "Scratch-Offs" on its own site. "Instant Games" is simply what most players in Pennsylvania call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. In Pennsylvania, "instant games" and "instant tickets" mean these same paper tickets you buy at a retailer — not the lottery's online games. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

Crossword Extra, a $3 Pennsylvania scratch-off, was released on Nov 22, 2025 by the Pennsylvania Lottery.