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Decent valueActive$25, $50 and $250 CELEBRATION BLOWOUT · $5 · Massachusetts Lottery
$25, $50 and $250 CELEBRATION BLOWOUT: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.82 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#18 of 26 · $5 MA games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#18 of 26 · $5 MA games
$25, $50 and $250 CELEBRATION BLOWOUT is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 76.6%. 10,671 of the original 18,200 $250 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 41% of the 10.1M printed tickets have been sold.
76.4%
expected return
1 in 9.15
odds of any win
10,671 of 18,200
$250 top prizes left
41%
claimed · 4.2M of 10.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 645,660 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$25 or $50 or $250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
89 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Value map
Where the $3.82 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $25 – $250
$3.82 · 76.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$25 – $250 wins
645,660 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
41% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
10.1M
tickets printed
4.2M
tickets claimed · 41%
5.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
59%
Tickets left
59%
59% of top prizes remain with only 59% 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 $5 MA peers
#18 of 26
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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