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Decent valueActive$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE · $10 · Massachusetts Lottery
$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.70 on average.
▼ -2.8 pts vs launch#21 of 26 · $10 MA gamesUpdated Jul 30, 2026, 6:16 PM
▼ -2.8 pts vs launch#21 of 26 · $10 MA gamesUpdated Jul 30, 2026, 6:16 PM
$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.0%, down 2.8 percentage points from the launch value of 79.8%. 2 of the original 8 $2,500/WK/LF top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 67% of the 16.1M printed tickets have been sold.
77.0%
expected return
1 in 3.50
odds of any win
2 of 8
$2M jackpots left
67%
claimed · 10.8M of 16.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,515,615 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$15 – $400, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,494 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.70 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $400
$6.23 · 62.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.71 · 7.1% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$0.75 · 7.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
69.5%
Just 2 tickets out of 5.3M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $400 wins
1,513,496 winning tickets remain in this range: 81% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
67% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
16.1M
tickets printed
10.8M
tickets claimed · 67%
5.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
33%
25% of top prizes remain with 33% 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
#21 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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