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$1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516)Massachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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42
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5MassachusettsGame #516GREEN
At a glance

$1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516) costs $5 a ticket from the Massachusetts Lottery. By our estimate the $1,000,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 1,600,842 per ticket, down from 1 in 2,689,647. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 6,844 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.15
Exp. Value
$0.79
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$1,000,000
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
20%
ValueScore™
42 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.79
→
AVERAGE
Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either; it is 19th of the 27 active $5 games in Massachusetts.
Why
→Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 2.7M at launch, about 1 in 1.6M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $1,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
  • Odds of 1 in 4.15 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14
$1,000,000
1 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 2.7M
now ~1 in 1.6M
$2,500
25 of 112 left
launch odds 1 in 72K
now ~1 in 64K
$1,000
166 of 1,064 left
launch odds 1 in 7,584
now ~1 in 9,644
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$1,000,0001 in 2,688,00031
33%
$2,5001 in 72,00011225
22%
$1,0001 in 7,5791,064166
16%
$5001 in 2,1493,752563
15%
$1001 in 14057,7929,119
16%
$501 in 15053,7609,493
18%
$201 in 30268,80048,328
18%
$151 in 15053,7609,606
18%
$101 in 12698,880133,633
19%
$51 in 10806,400174,811
22%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$31,890,400
Current Prize Pool
$6,217,585
Payout Percentage
19.5%
Total Prizes Remaining
385,745

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
8,068,940
Estimated Remaining
1,600,842
% Remaining
19.8%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

The one $1,000,000 top prize left on March 6, when our records for it began, is still unclaimed.

10
March 6October 14

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% 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

42
VALUESCORE
Fair
42
out of 100
Expected Value
21/40
Prize Quality
7/25
Win Frequency
9/20
Inventory Health
4/15
Updated: 10/14/2026

Game Details

Game Number
516
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
10/14/2025
Payout %
79.1%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/14/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.15 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516) scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. $1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516) scores 42/100 (Fair) and is 19th of the 27 active $5 games in Massachusetts. It pays back about $0.79 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the Massachusetts rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the $1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516) scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516) are 1 in 4.15. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516)?
The top prize for $1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516) is $1,000,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in $1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516)?
Based on our latest data, 20% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 385,745 out of 1,944,323 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

Every $5 ticket in Massachusetts

All 27 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$1,000,000 NEON CASH651 in 4.1478.8%$1M · 40.5%
$1,000,000 SUPREME WINNINGS641 in 4.1379.1%$1M · 32.7%
50X621 in 4.1478.6%$1M · 31.4%
$1,000,000 HIGH ROLLER621 in 4.1478.8%$1M · 40.4%
$500,000 COLOR BLAST601 in 4.1676.2%$500K · 31.6%
$1,000,000 GO FOR THE GREEN591 in 4.1478.8%$1M · 30.4%
KENO™571 in 4.1579.5%$1M · 21.3%
BIG BLUE BONUS CASHWORD 2026571 in 4.1676.2%$500K · 31.2%
$250,000 JACKPOT561 in 4.0176.5%$250K · 20.5%
$1,000,000 WINTER WINNINGS (Game #516) (this game)421 in 4.1579.1%$1M · 10.1%

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.