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Iowa · Game #770

$100,000 MEGA CROSSWORD

$10per ticket

Sale status unconfirmed · Collected Oct 15, 2026, 8:16 AM CDT

Latest lottery dataData updated Oct 15, 2026

Game summary

What to know about this ticket

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Our estimate

Average payout

$7.25

Across lots of tickets, we estimate an average of $7.25 back for each $10 ticket.

$0.73 back per $1 spent · -$2.75 after the ticket cost

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What does this mean?
Think of a big pile of tickets: this is the prize money per ticket on average. It doesn’t tell you what your next ticket will pay.
Our estimate

Payout without the jackpot

$6.44

For a $10 ticket, the estimated average payout is $6.44 when the $100,000 top prize is treated as $0.

Return vs. ticket price, without the jackpot: -35.6%

Prize pool changed
What does this mean?
Big jackpots can make a ticket's average look much better even though winning one is extremely unlikely. This number shows its estimated value if the biggest prize pays $0.
Our estimate

Chance of Any Prize

30.4%

About 1 in 3.29 remaining tickets

Includes the top prize and prizes that only return your ticket cost. A prize does not necessarily mean a profit.

Prize pool changed
What does this mean?
This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.
From the lottery

Top prize

$100,000

30 still unclaimed in the lottery data.

Prize pool changed
What does this mean?
How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.
Our estimate

Chance of coming out ahead

13.7%

A prize worth more than the ticket price. Winning your ticket cost back doesn’t count as coming out ahead.

Our estimate

Chance of the top prize

<0.1%

About 1 in 123,352.04 remaining tickets. This is an estimate.

Remaining prizes and tickets

What’s left in this game

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Worked out from lottery data

Unclaimed prizes

Not published

Out of 1,642,075 prizes in the source table.

Our estimate

Estimated remaining prizes: 1,124,120.

Worked out from the model’s count inputs below. The source does not publish a complete remaining count.

Counts include tickets already sold whose prizes haven’t been claimed.

From the lottery

Top prizes left

30

Out of 45 top prizes originally.

66.7% left15 no longer remaining

Prize pool changed

From the lottery report for this game.

Our estimate

Estimated tickets left

3,700,561

About 5,405,670 tickets printed originally, according to the lottery.

Prize pool changed

Tickets left are an estimate. Unclaimed prizes don’t tell us exactly how many tickets are still for sale.

First on sale
Dec 12, 2025

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

Original vs. current

Original and current numbers

See the original numbers next to what we estimate for the tickets left.

Odds of any prize

Original at launch
1 in 3.2930.4% chance · Lottery-published
Latest estimate
1 in 3.2930.4% chance · PrizeGauge estimate

0.02 percentage points lower than launch

Average prize payout

Original at launch
$7.27Per ticket · Estimate using original data
Latest estimate
$7.25Per ticket · PrizeGauge estimate

$0.02 per ticket lower than launch

A smaller “1 in” number means a higher chance. Any prize includes prizes that only return the ticket cost. Original odds may be rounded; current values are estimates, not guaranteed outcomes.

Compare the price and average payouts

Here’s how the ticket price compares with the average prize payout we estimate. Your ticket could pay more, less, or nothing.

Ticket costs
$10.00
Estimated average payout
$7.25
Without the top prize
$6.44
What do these numbers mean?
From the lottery

Published by the lottery.

Worked out from lottery data

Worked out from the lottery’s own numbers.

Our estimate

Our best estimate, using data and assumptions we explain.

Average payout
Think of a big pile of tickets: this is the prize money per ticket on average. It doesn’t tell you what your next ticket will pay.
Return vs. ticket price
How the estimated average payout stacks up against what you spend. A minus sign means the average payout is less than the ticket price.
Payout without the jackpot
Big jackpots can make a ticket's average look much better even though winning one is extremely unlikely. This number shows its estimated value if the biggest prize pays $0.
Chance of Any Prize
This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.
Top Prizes Left
How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.
Estimated Tickets Left
Our estimate of how many tickets may remain. The lottery does not publish this exact number, and sold but unclaimed tickets can affect it.
How reliable is the estimate?
How much trust to put in the estimate. It is not your chance of winning. Unknown means we don’t have a rating.
What does this mean?
Each ticket is a gamble. Better-looking numbers don’t promise a winning ticket.
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The numbers behind the ticket

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Our estimate

Estimated average payout today

$7.25

Estimated prize payout per ticket

Our estimate

EV Without the Top Prize

$6.44

Average prize value after treating the biggest prize as $0

Our estimate

ROI Without the Top Prize

-35.6%

How that alternate average payout compares with ticket price

Our estimate

Original EV

$7.27

Launch payout with modeled prize valuations

Our estimate

Modeled ROI

-27.5%

Estimated net return / ticket price

Our estimate

Average payout per $1 spent

$0.73

A 70¢ payout per $1 spent means a 30¢ average loss

Our estimate

Average return after the ticket cost

-$2.75

Estimated average prize payout minus the ticket price

From the lottery

Top prizes remaining

30

Original top prizes: 45

Our estimate

Estimated Tickets Left

3,700,561

An estimate, not an exact count from the lottery

Our estimate

Analytics availability

Launch: available

Full current EV: available

Without top prize: available

Chance of any prize: available

Confidence rating not published

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

How this estimate was made

Launch basis: official initial structure. Inventory basis: official initial structure.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

Model assumptions
  • At least two tiers with 500 or more original prizes estimate remaining ticket inventory, weighted by original prize count; prize claims can lag ticket sales.
  • Missing remaining tier counts are estimated from that tier’s original count and the common remaining fraction; these estimates are separate from official counts.

What goes into this estimate

Uses a partial prize table. Missing rows need extra assumptions.

Original prize table: complete. Remaining prize table: partial or unavailable.

Iowa publishes claimed and unclaimed counts for prizes of $50 and up. Lower-prize remaining counts are unavailable.

Original prize counts, original odds and approximate printed-ticket population come from the linked official game-rules PDF; current claimed and unclaimed counts remain separate observations.

See calculated counts and prize-value assumptions

These are the model’s inputs. A calculated or estimated count is separate from the literal count in the prize table.

Count and value inputs considered by the model
Prize wordingValue usedOriginal count usedRemaining count used
$10$10.00Published cash value900,945Published count616,760Estimated from prize depletion
$20$20.00Published cash value360,378Published count246,704Estimated from prize depletion
$30$30.00Published cash value180,189Published count123,352Estimated from prize depletion
$50$50.00Published cash value180,189Published count123,316Published count
$100$100.00Published cash value15,143Published count10,379Published count
$200$200.00Published cash value3,367Published count2,332Published count
$500$500.00Published cash value1,279Published count872Published count
$1,000$1,000.00Published cash value450Published count313Published count
$10,000$10,000.00Published cash value90Published count62Published count
$100,000$100,000.00Published cash value45Published count30Published count

From the official source

The lottery’s prize table

Original overall odds: 1 in 3.29

These are the source’s published rows. A dash means the count is not published. Calculated original totals are labeled, and any derived remaining counts appear separately in the model inputs.

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Prize amounts and counts from this report. Current odds and average payout contributions, where shown, are estimates.
PrizeOriginal prizesPrizes already paidOriginal odds · from lotteryRemaining prizes
$10
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint37bd2c88cc692432cdb522ef10179c7365168f4eca6e08f13e2960f6f4543797
900,945—1 in 6—
$20
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint37bd2c88cc692432cdb522ef10179c7365168f4eca6e08f13e2960f6f4543797
360,378—1 in 15—
$30
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint37bd2c88cc692432cdb522ef10179c7365168f4eca6e08f13e2960f6f4543797
180,189—1 in 30—
$50
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint215b4fd3c9728eed719e3ef937f574008e4e820bf75b06811e6732525ffd251a
180,18956,8731 in 30123,31668.4% of 180,189 left
$100
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint215b4fd3c9728eed719e3ef937f574008e4e820bf75b06811e6732525ffd251a
15,1434,7641 in 356.9710,37968.5% of 15,143 left
$200
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint215b4fd3c9728eed719e3ef937f574008e4e820bf75b06811e6732525ffd251a
3,3671,0351 in 1,605.492,33269.3% of 3,367 left
$500
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint215b4fd3c9728eed719e3ef937f574008e4e820bf75b06811e6732525ffd251a
1,2794071 in 4,226.4887268.2% of 1,279 left
$1,000
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint215b4fd3c9728eed719e3ef937f574008e4e820bf75b06811e6732525ffd251a
4501371 in 12,012.631369.6% of 450 left
$10,000
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint215b4fd3c9728eed719e3ef937f574008e4e820bf75b06811e6732525ffd251a
90281 in 60,0636268.9% of 90 left
$100,000
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Original odds source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint812866cf63a3d7e8822157af4221dd7a68cc4e62d2e3f122baf18662017b0683
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 15, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC
Response fingerprint215b4fd3c9728eed719e3ef937f574008e4e820bf75b06811e6732525ffd251a
45151 in 120,1263066.7% of 45 left

About the estimates

Methodology & source

Each lottery publishes different information. We use the available game data and stated assumptions to estimate average payouts and tickets left. An unclaimed prize count is not a count of tickets still for sale.

Published prize observations stay separate from estimates. The model uses this game's reported coverage, ticket inventory and count assumptions; unavailable values retain their source explanations.

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Game history

See how the numbers have changed

A gap means we don’t have a number

We keep the last update of each day, using Central Time. If a day has no number, we leave a gap. We don’t fill in guesses.

Past numbers include calculations from archived prize reports. This covers the dates we have collected. 7-day change: insufficient history. 30-day change: insufficient history.

Estimated average payout Our estimate · dollars per ticket
Prize pool changed

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$7.25$7.26$7.28Original average payout $7.27Oct 14, 2026: $7.25Oct 15, 2026: $7.25Oct 14, 2026Oct 15, 2026
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Estimated average payout observations
DateEstimated average payoutChange from previous day
Oct 14, 2026$7.25No daily comparison
Oct 15, 2026$7.25Prize pool changed
Prizes remaining Last update of each day · Central Time
No daily comparison

We need more daily numbers to chart prizes remaining. At least two days with available values are needed.

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Prizes remaining observations
DatePrizes remainingUnclaimed countTotal prizesChange from previous day
Oct 14, 2026———No daily comparison
Oct 15, 2026——1,642,075No daily comparison
Top prizes remaining From the lottery · published count
Prize pool changed

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29.83030.2Oct 14, 2026: 30Oct 15, 2026: 30Oct 14, 2026Oct 15, 2026
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Top prizes remaining observations
DateTop prizes remainingChange from previous day
Oct 14, 202630No daily comparison
Oct 15, 202630Prize pool changed
Estimated tickets left Our estimate · ticket count
Prize pool changed

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3.7M3.7M3.7MOct 14, 2026: 3,700,561Oct 15, 2026: 3,700,561Oct 14, 2026Oct 15, 2026
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Estimated tickets left observations
DateEstimated tickets leftChange from previous day
Oct 14, 20263,700,561No daily comparison
Oct 15, 20263,700,561Prize pool changed