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Decent valueActive$100,000 MAX WINNINGS · $10 · Massachusetts Lottery
$100,000 MAX WINNINGS: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.99 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#18 of 23 · $10 MA games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#18 of 23 · $10 MA games
$100,000 MAX WINNINGS is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.9%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 80.1%. 24 of the original 80 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 10.1M printed tickets have been sold.
79.9%
expected return
1 in 3.47
odds of any win
24 of 80
$100K top prizes left
70%
claimed · 7.1M of 10.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 863,151 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 525 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.99 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.64 · 66.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$1.35 · 13.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
861,762 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
10.1M
tickets printed
7.1M
tickets claimed · 70%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
30%
Tickets left
30%
30% of top prizes remain with only 30% 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 $10 MA peers
#18 of 23
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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