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Ranked 5th of 100 Tickets in Massachusetts

$4,000,000 EXTREME CashMassachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Massachusetts Lottery
80
VALUESCORE
Excellent
$10MassachusettsGame #541GREEN
At a glance

$4,000,000 EXTREME Cash costs $10 a ticket from the Massachusetts Lottery. The $4,000,000 top prize is an annuity: $200,000 a year for 20 years. Prizes of $10,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 68,048 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.47
Exp. Value
$0.82
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$4,000,000
$200,000 a year for 20 years
Top Prizes Left
1
Prizes Remaining
56%
ValueScore™
80 / 100
Excellent

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.82
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
A solid pick: #5, ahead of roughly 96% of Massachusetts's 100 active games, and 2nd of the 25 active $10 games in Massachusetts.
Why
↑Expected value of $0.82 per $1 is above average. More of each dollar comes back as prizes than most games.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 5.0M at launch, about 1 in 5.7M now. The $4,000,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • Frequent winners: roughly a 29% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.47), ahead of most games.
  • Plenty of prizes remain in circulation across this game.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$4,000,000
$200,000 a year for 20 years
1 of 2 left
launch odds 1 in 5.0M
now ~1 in 5.7M
$1,000,000
3 of 6 left
launch odds 1 in 1.7M
now ~1 in 1.9M
$10,000
80 of 140 left
launch odds 1 in 72K
now ~1 in 71K
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
$4,000,000
($200,000 a year for 20 years)
1 in 5,040,00021
50%
$1,000,0001 in 1,680,00063
50%
$10,0001 in 72,00014080
57%
$1,0001 in 2,0874,8302,788
58%
$5001 in 1,2008,4004,666
56%
$2001 in 1,3337,5604,195
55%
$1501 in 1,1528,7504,853
55%
$1001 in 67151,06083,970
56%
$501 in 100100,80056,103
56%
$251 in 100100,80056,502
56%
$201 in 13806,400451,257
56%
$151 in 20504,000283,895
56%
$101 in 81,209,600683,639
57%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$85,704,500
Current Prize Pool
$47,222,605
Payout Percentage
55.1%
Total Prizes Remaining
1,631,952

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
10,071,148
Estimated Remaining
5,662,874
% Remaining
56.2%
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

Since April 5, when our records for it began, one $4,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on July 12.

20
2
1
April 5October 19
  • July 12, 20261 claimed · 1 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.7% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Massachusetts's $10 games (0.6% 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

80
VALUESCORE
Excellent
80
out of 100
Expected Value
38/40
Prize Quality
13/25
Win Frequency
16/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
541
Ticket Price
$10
Start Date
3/31/2026
Payout %
81.9%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$10.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.47 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $4,000,000 EXTREME Cash scratch-off a good buy?
Yes. $4,000,000 EXTREME Cash has a ValueScore of 80/100 (Excellent) and is 2nd of Massachusetts's 25 $10 tickets, in the top third. It pays back about $0.82 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the $4,000,000 EXTREME Cash scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $4,000,000 EXTREME Cash are 1 in 3.47. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $4,000,000 EXTREME Cash?
The top prize for $4,000,000 EXTREME Cash is $4,000,000. As of our latest update, 1 top prize remains unclaimed.

Every $10 ticket in Massachusetts

All 25 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$4,000,000 IN THE MONEY841 in 3.4781.9%$4M · 20.4%
$4,000,000 EXTREME Cash (this game)801 in 3.4781.9%$4M · 10.7%
STRIKE IT RICH781 in 3.5281.6%$4M · 21.1%
100X771 in 3.4782.0%$4M · 11.4%
DECADE OF DOLLARS741 in 3.4779.5%$2.4M · 42.4%
$4,000,000 CASH DOUBLER731 in 3.4882.2%$4M · 20.7%
$2,000,000 DIAMOND CASHWORD721 in 3.2681.1%$2M · 30.3%
$4,000,000 BONUS MONEY711 in 3.4782.0%$4M · 10.2%
$2,000,000 50X CASHWORD 2025701 in 3.2681.4%$2M · 21.3%
Candy Cane Cash Blowout (Game #570)671 in 8.8680.2%$500 · 12,619-

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.