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Decent valueActive$100,000 MAX WINNINGS · $10 · Massachusetts Lottery
$100,000 MAX WINNINGS: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.99 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#19 of 26 · $10 MA gamesUpdated Jul 30, 2026, 6:16 PM
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#19 of 26 · $10 MA gamesUpdated Jul 30, 2026, 6:16 PM
$100,000 MAX WINNINGS is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.9%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 80.1%. 27 of the original 80 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 10.1M printed tickets have been sold.
79.9%
expected return
1 in 3.47
odds of any win
27 of 80
$100K top prizes left
66%
claimed · 6.7M of 10.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 987,872 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$15 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 524 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.99 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.65 · 66.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$1.34 · 13.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
986,293 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
10.1M
tickets printed
6.7M
tickets claimed · 66%
3.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
34%
Tickets left
34%
34% of top prizes remain with 34% 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 $10 MA peers
#19 of 26
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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