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Decent valueActive$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $5 · Massachusetts Lottery
$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.74 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#24 of 26 · $5 MA games
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#24 of 26 · $5 MA games
$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.8%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 76.2%. 2 of the original 10 $1,000/WK/LF top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 15.1M printed tickets have been sold.
74.8%
expected return
1 in 4.31
odds of any win
2 of 10
$800K top prizes left
85%
claimed · 12.8M of 15.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 537,687 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,876 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.74 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.76 · 55.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $800K
$0.98 · 19.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
537,343 winning tickets remain in this range: 74% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
15.1M
tickets printed
12.8M
tickets claimed · 85%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
15%
20% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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
#24 of 26
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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