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Decent valueActiveLOTERIA™ · $5 · Massachusetts Lottery
LOTERIA™: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.85 on average.
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#15 of 26 · $5 MA games
▼ -2.2 pts vs launch#15 of 26 · $5 MA games
LOTERIA™ is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.0%, down 2.2 percentage points from the launch value of 79.2%. 1 of the original 3 $1,000,000 ($50K/YR/20YRS) top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 51% of the 8.1M printed tickets have been sold.
77.0%
expected return
1 in 4.11
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1M jackpots left
51%
claimed · 4.1M of 8.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 953,048 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 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 1,666 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.85 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.39 · 67.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.20 · 4.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.25 · 5.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.9%
Just 1 ticket out of 3.9M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
952,311 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
51% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
8.1M
tickets printed
4.1M
tickets claimed · 51%
3.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
49%
33% of top prizes remain with 49% 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
#15 of 26
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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