$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFEMassachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Massachusetts Lottery sells $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE as a $5 ticket. On average it pays back about $0.76 per $1, $0.02 less than the median $5 game in Massachusetts. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 14% of prizes remain. At a ValueScore of 27/100 (Below Avg), it is 23rd of the 27 active $5 games in Massachusetts.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.5M at launch, about 1 in 1.1M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $800,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Most of this game's prizes are gone.
- Each $1 spent here returns about $0.76 on average, comfortably above the typical scratch-off.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $800,000 | 1 in 1,512,000 | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 74,851 | 202 | 28 | 14% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 36,000 | 420 | 58 | 14% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 9,000 | 1,680 | 232 | 14% |
| $500 | 1 in 2,250 | 6,720 | 838 | 12% |
| $100 | 1 in 218 | 69,300 | 8,444 | 12% |
| $50 | 1 in 150 | 100,800 | 12,416 | 12% |
| $25 | 1 in 150 | 100,800 | 12,557 | 12% |
| $20 | 1 in 75 | 201,600 | 25,164 | 12% |
| $15 | 1 in 150 | 100,800 | 12,877 | 13% |
| $10 | 1 in 11 | 1,411,200 | 190,022 | 13% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 1,512,000 | 241,356 | 16% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $800,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on June 24.
- June 24, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Massachusetts's $5 games (0.7% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Massachusetts
- Game Number
- 480
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 2/18/2025
- Payout %
- 76.2%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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All 27 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 NEON CASH | 65 | 1 in 4.14 | 78.8% | $1M · 4 | 0.5% |
| $1,000,000 SUPREME WINNINGS | 64 | 1 in 4.13 | 79.1% | $1M · 3 | 2.7% |
| 50X | 62 | 1 in 4.14 | 78.6% | $1M · 3 | 1.4% |
| $1,000,000 HIGH ROLLER | 62 | 1 in 4.14 | 78.8% | $1M · 4 | 0.4% |
| $500,000 COLOR BLAST | 60 | 1 in 4.16 | 76.2% | $500K · 3 | 1.6% |
| $1,000,000 GO FOR THE GREEN | 59 | 1 in 4.14 | 78.8% | $1M · 3 | 0.4% |
| KENO™ | 57 | 1 in 4.15 | 79.5% | $1M · 2 | 1.3% |
| BIG BLUE BONUS CASHWORD 2026 | 57 | 1 in 4.16 | 76.2% | $500K · 3 | 1.2% |
| $250,000 JACKPOT | 56 | 1 in 4.01 | 76.5% | $250K · 2 | 0.5% |
| $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE (this game) | 27 | 1 in 4.31 | 76.2% | $800K · 2 | 0.2% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.