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Exceptional valueActive$10,000,000 Cash Blast · $20 · Massachusetts Lottery
$10,000,000 Cash Blast: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $20.61 on average.
▲ +18.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $20 MA games
▲ +18.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $20 MA games
$10,000,000 Cash Blast is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 103.0%, up 18.0 percentage points from the launch value of 85.0%. 2 of the original 3 $10,000,000 ($500K/YR/20YRS) top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 13.1M printed tickets have been sold.
103.0%
expected return
1 in 2.93
odds of any win
2 of 3
$10M jackpots left
75%
claimed · 9.8M of 13.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,112,146 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $20
$25 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
66 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 417 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $20.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.42 · 62.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$1.75 · 8.8% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$6.44 · 32.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.9%
Just 3 tickets out of 3.3M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
1,108,727 winning tickets remain in this range: 60% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2023.
13.1M
tickets printed
9.8M
tickets claimed · 75%
3.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
25%
67% of top prizes remain with only 25% 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 $20 MA peers
#1 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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