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Decent valueActive$50, $100 and $500 BLOWOUT · $10 · Massachusetts Lottery
$50, $100 and $500 BLOWOUT: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.77 on average.
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#20 of 23 · $10 MA games
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#20 of 23 · $10 MA games
$50, $100 and $500 BLOWOUT is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.7%, down 2.5 percentage points from the launch value of 80.2%. 206 of the original 29,568 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 99% of the 16.1M printed tickets have been sold.
77.7%
expected return
1 in 8.86
odds of any win
206 of 29,568
$500 top prizes left
99%
claimed · 16M of 16.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 18,302 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $10
$50 or $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
89 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 786 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.77 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$7.77 · 77.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
18,302 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
99% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.
16.1M
tickets printed
16M
tickets claimed · 99%
162k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
1%
Tickets left
1%
1% of top prizes remain with 1% 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
#20 of 23
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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