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Average valueActive$100,000 TWO FOR THE MONEY · $2 · Massachusetts Lottery
$100,000 TWO FOR THE MONEY: Average value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.45 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $2 MA games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#9 of 20 · $2 MA games
$100,000 TWO FOR THE MONEY 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 6 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 11.1M printed tickets have been sold.
72.5%
expected return
1 in 6.01
odds of any win
3 of 6
$100K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 5.6M of 11.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 916,082 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $2
$4 – $100, 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 8,154 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 – $500
$1.35 · 67.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.10 · 4.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$4 – $500 wins
915,845 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
11.1M
tickets printed
5.6M
tickets claimed · 50%
5.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
50%
50% of top prizes remain with only 50% 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 20
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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