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Strong valueActivePOWER PLAY® CASHWORD · $2 · Massachusetts Lottery
POWER PLAY® CASHWORD: Strong value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.68 on average.
▲ +11.0 pts vs launch#1 of 19 · $2 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +11.0 pts vs launch#1 of 19 · $2 MA gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
POWER PLAY® CASHWORD is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 84.0%, up 11.0 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 4 of the original 30 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 98% of the 30.2M printed tickets have been sold.
84.0%
expected return
1 in 4.2
odds of any win
4 of 30
$50K top prizes left
98%
claimed · 29.6M of 30.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 148,204 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,045 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.68 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.14 · 56.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.54 · 27.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
148,057 winning tickets remain in this range: 68% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
98% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2023.
30.2M
tickets printed
29.6M
tickets claimed · 98%
595k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
13%
Tickets left
2%
13% of top prizes remain with only 2% 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 $2 MA peers
#1 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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