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Strong valueActiveLifetime Millions · $50 · Massachusetts Lottery
Lifetime Millions: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $42.43 on average.
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $50 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $50 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
Lifetime Millions is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 84.9%, up 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 83.1%. 1 of the original 3 $1,000,000 A Year For Life top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 25.2M printed tickets have been sold.
84.9%
expected return
1 in 4.1
odds of any win
1 of 3
$20M jackpots left
73%
claimed · 18.5M of 25.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,639,363 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $50
$100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 42 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $42.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $500
$33.08 · 66.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$5.49 · 11.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$3.87 · 7.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
77.1%
Just 6 tickets out of 6.7M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $500 wins
1,627,651 winning tickets remain in this range: 78% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
73% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2024.
25.2M
tickets printed
18.5M
tickets claimed · 73%
6.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
27%
33% of top prizes remain with only 27% 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 $50 MA peers
#2 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
BILLION DOLLAR EXTRAVAGANZA
93.7%
2
Lifetime Millions
84.9%
3
$25,000,000 MEGA MONEY
84.8%
4
$500,000 FRENZY
81.8%
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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