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Decent valueActive$200,000 HALLOWEEN · $5 · Massachusetts Lottery
$200,000 HALLOWEEN: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.95 on average.
▲ +2.6 pts vs launch#7 of 25 · $5 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +2.6 pts vs launch#7 of 25 · $5 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
$200,000 HALLOWEEN is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.0%, up 2.6 percentage points from the launch value of 76.4%. 1 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
79.0%
expected return
1 in 4.1
odds of any win
1 of 4
$200K top prizes left
93%
claimed · 3.8M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 64,990 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,840 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.95 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.06 · 61.2% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $200K
$0.89 · 17.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
64,985 winning tickets remain in this range: 77% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
4M
tickets printed
3.8M
tickets claimed · 93%
269k
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
7%
25% of top prizes remain with only 7% 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
#7 of 25
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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