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Arlington Player Claims First $1 Million Prize in $1,000,000 Crossword Scratch-Off

Texas Lottery will retire the $1,000,000 Crossword once its final top prizes are claimed.

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$1,000,000 Crossword is played by scratching off letters in the ticket’s crossword. The first of six top prizes was claimed.

Overview

  • An anonymous Arlington resident secured the first of six $1 million top prizes on Monday in the $1,000,000 Crossword game.
  • The winning ticket was purchased at a QuickTrip gas station at 2051 FM 663 in Midlothian.
  • Players face a 1 in 3.41 chance of winning any prize and 1 in about 2.5 million odds for the top prize.
  • Ticket packs consist of 25 $20 tickets, each providing 20 mystery letters to uncover words in a crossword.
  • Five of the six million-dollar prizes remain active and more than 265,803 total prizes have been claimed to date.