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Weak valueActive$10,000 BONUS PLAY · $1 · Massachusetts Lottery
$10,000 BONUS PLAY: Weak value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.66 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#6 of 10 · $1 MA gamesUpdated Jul 30, 2026, 6:16 PM
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#6 of 10 · $1 MA gamesUpdated Jul 30, 2026, 6:16 PM
$10,000 BONUS PLAY is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.0%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 8 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 8.1M printed tickets have been sold.
66.0%
expected return
1 in 5.93
odds of any win
1 of 8
$10K top prizes left
77%
claimed · 6.2M of 8.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 310,535 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
83 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,843,519 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.66 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$0.65 · 65.5% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.01 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
310,534 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
8.1M
tickets printed
6.2M
tickets claimed · 77%
1.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
13%
Tickets left
23%
13% of top prizes remain with 23% 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
#6 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 30, 2026, 6:16 PM.
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