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Weak valueActive$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $1 · Massachusetts Lottery
$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.60 on average.
▼ -10.0 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $1 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▼ -10.0 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $1 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.0%, down 10.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 10 $100/WK/LF top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 84% of the 10.1M printed tickets have been sold.
60.0%
expected return
1 in 4.8
odds of any win
1 of 10
$80K top prizes left
84%
claimed · 8.5M of 10.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 338,184 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 160,945 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.54 · 54.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $80K
$0.06 · 5.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
338,174 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
84% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
10.1M
tickets printed
8.5M
tickets claimed · 84%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
16%
10% of top prizes remain with 16% 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 $1 MA peers
#8 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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