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Average valueActiveWINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER · $2 · Massachusetts Lottery
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.44 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#10 of 20 · $2 MA games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#10 of 20 · $2 MA games
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 3 of the original 5 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
72.0%
expected return
1 in 4.60
odds of any win
3 of 5
$50K top prizes left
29%
claimed · 1.4M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 782,095 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 92,234 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.37 · 68.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.07 · 3.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
782,056 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
5M
tickets printed
1.4M
tickets claimed · 29%
3.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
71%
60% of top prizes remain with 71% 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 $2 MA peers
#10 of 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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