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Strong valueActive$250,000 WINTER WINNINGS · $20 · Massachusetts Lottery
$250,000 WINTER WINNINGS: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $16.17 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $20 MA games
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $20 MA games
$250,000 WINTER WINNINGS is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.9%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 80.4%. 14 of the original 39 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 67% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
80.9%
expected return
1 in 2.94
odds of any win
14 of 39
$250K top prizes left
67%
claimed · 3.4M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 572,301 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 441 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $16.17 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$12.29 · 61.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$3.88 · 19.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
570,544 winning tickets remain in this range: 76% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
67% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
5M
tickets printed
3.4M
tickets claimed · 67%
1.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
36%
Tickets left
33%
36% of top prizes remain with only 33% 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
#8 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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