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Decent valueActive$500 MANIA · $10 · Massachusetts Lottery
$500 MANIA: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.88 on average.
▼ -1.3 pts vs launch#21 of 27 · $10 MA games
▼ -1.3 pts vs launch#21 of 27 · $10 MA games
$500 MANIA is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 78.8%, down 1.3 percentage points from the launch value of 80.1%. 9,730 of the original 40,509 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
78.8%
expected return
1 in 3.46
odds of any win
9,730 of 40,509
$500 top prizes left
75%
claimed · 6.8M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 654,620 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 232 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.88 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$7.88 · 78.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
654,620 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
9.1M
tickets printed
6.8M
tickets claimed · 75%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
24%
Tickets left
25%
24% of top prizes remain with 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 $10 MA peers
#21 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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