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Poor valueActive$10,000 WINTER WINNINGS · $1 · Massachusetts Lottery
$10,000 WINTER WINNINGS: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -12.0 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $1 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▼ -12.0 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $1 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
$10,000 WINTER WINNINGS is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 12.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 4 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.8
odds of any win
1 of 4
$10K top prizes left
82%
claimed · 3.3M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 149,187 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
9 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 718,024 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $100
$0.57 · 56.6% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.01 · 1.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $100 wins
149,186 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
4M
tickets printed
3.3M
tickets claimed · 82%
718k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
18%
25% of top prizes remain with only 18% 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
#9 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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