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Strong valueActiveKENO™ · $5 · Massachusetts Lottery
KENO™: Strong value. A $5 ticket pays back $4.03 on average.
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 29 · $5 MA games
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#4 of 29 · $5 MA games
KENO™ is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.6%, up 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 79.4%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000 ($50K/YR/20YRS) top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 7.1M printed tickets have been sold.
80.6%
expected return
1 in 4.15
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
46%
claimed · 3.3M of 7.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 914,913 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $450, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,911 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.03 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $450
$3.37 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $3K
$0.13 · 2.7% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.53 · 10.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.1%
Just 2 tickets out of 3.8M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $450 wins
914,486 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
7.1M
tickets printed
3.3M
tickets claimed · 46%
3.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
54%
67% of top prizes remain with only 54% 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
#4 of 29
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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