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Average valueActive$100,000 DOUBLE PLAY · $2 · Massachusetts Lottery
$100,000 DOUBLE PLAY: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.45 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#9 of 19 · $2 MA games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#9 of 19 · $2 MA games
$100,000 DOUBLE PLAY is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.5%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 3 of the original 4 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 7.1M printed tickets have been sold.
72.5%
expected return
1 in 5.90
odds of any win
3 of 4
$100K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 695k of 7.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,077,587 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
83 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 374,163 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.45 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $4 – $200
$1.39 · 69.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.06 · 3.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$4 – $200 wins
1,077,570 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
10% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
7.1M
tickets printed
695k
tickets claimed · 10%
6.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
90%
75% of top prizes remain with 90% 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
#9 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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