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Average valueActive$200 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $2 · Massachusetts Lottery
$200 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.42 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#13 of 20 · $2 MA games
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#13 of 20 · $2 MA games
$200 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.0%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 72.5%. 2 of the original 10 $200/WK/LF top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 12.1M printed tickets have been sold.
71.0%
expected return
1 in 4.40
odds of any win
2 of 10
$160K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 10M of 12.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 474,707 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 17,207 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.19 · 59.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $160K
$0.23 · 11.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
474,586 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
12.1M
tickets printed
10M
tickets claimed · 83%
2.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
17%
20% of top prizes remain with only 17% 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 $2 MA peers
#13 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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