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Poor valueActive$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $1 · Massachusetts Lottery
$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.59 on average.
▼ -11.0 pts vs launch#9 of 11 · $1 MA games
▼ -11.0 pts vs launch#9 of 11 · $1 MA games
$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, down 11.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 10 $100/WK/LF top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 10.1M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 4.77
odds of any win
1 of 10
$80K top prizes left
88%
claimed · 8.8M of 10.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 264,311 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 139,675 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.59 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.52 · 52.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $80K
$0.07 · 7.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
264,302 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
10.1M
tickets printed
8.8M
tickets claimed · 88%
1.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
12%
10% of top prizes remain with 12% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Massachusetts Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $1 MA peers
#9 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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