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Ranked 73rd of 98 Tickets in Massachusetts

$50 in a FlashMassachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Massachusetts Lottery
33
VALUESCORE
Below Avg
$1MassachusettsGame #522GREEN
At a glance

$50 in a Flash is one of the Massachusetts Lottery's $1 games. At launch, about 1 in 839,225 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more. It pays back about $0.70 per $1 on average, in line with Massachusetts's other $1 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.76
Exp. Value
$0.70
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$10,000
Top Prizes Left
7
Prizes Remaining
67%
ValueScore™
33 / 100
Below Avg

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.70
↓
BELOW AVERAGE
The numbers work against it: #73 of the 98 active games we track in Massachusetts.
Why
↓Expected value of $0.70 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
  • Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 839K at launch, about 1 in 958K now. The $10,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
  • At 1 in 4.76, winning tickets turn up less often than usual.
  • Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 26
$10,000
7 of 12 left
launch odds 1 in 839K
now ~1 in 958K
$50
21,199 of 32,480 left
launch odds 1 in 310
now ~1 in 316
$20
17,604 of 26,880 left
launch odds 1 in 375
now ~1 in 381
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
$10,0001 in 840,000127
58%
$501 in 31032,48021,199
65%
$201 in 37526,88017,604
65%
$101 in 12580,64052,821
66%
$51 in 63161,280106,029
66%
$41 in 50201,600133,013
66%
$21 in 14739,200490,545
66%
$11 in 12873,600587,613
67%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$7,052,800
Current Prize Pool
$4,641,140
Payout Percentage
65.8%
Total Prizes Remaining
1,408,831

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
10,070,694
Estimated Remaining
6,706,036
% Remaining
66.6%
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 March 6, when our records for it began, 5 $10,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 7. The most recent was on September 23.

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12
8
7
March 6October 26
  • September 23, 20261 claimed · 7 left
  • August 9, 20261 claimed · 8 left
  • July 22, 20261 claimed · 9 left
  • March 7, 20262 claimed · 10 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.8% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Massachusetts's $1 games (0.9% 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

33
VALUESCORE
Below Avg
33
out of 100
Expected Value
2/40
Prize Quality
15/25
Win Frequency
4/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/26/2026

Game Details

Game Number
522
Ticket Price
$1
Start Date
1/15/2026
Payout %
70.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/26/2026

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$1.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.76 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $50 in a Flash scratch-off a good buy?
Probably not. $50 in a Flash scores 33/100 (Below Average) and is 3rd of Massachusetts's 9 $1 tickets, in the top third. It pays back about $0.70 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the $50 in a Flash scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $50 in a Flash are 1 in 4.76. This means roughly 1 in every 5 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $50 in a Flash?
The top prize for $50 in a Flash is $10,000. As of our latest update, 7 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $1 ticket in Massachusetts

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$5,000 WIN IT ALL401 in 4.7770.0%$5K · 52.0%
10X331 in 4.7770.0%$10K · 61.5%
$50 in a Flash (this game)331 in 4.7670.0%$10K · 70.8%
$10,000 SILVER STRIKE271 in 4.6270.0%$10K · 31.1%
2 FOR $1261 in 4.7670.0%$10K · 30.8%
$10,000 DOUBLE WIN191 in 4.7970.0%$10K · 40.8%
$10,000 BONUS PLAY121 in 5.9370.0%$10K · 10.5%
$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE111 in 4.7766.6%$80K · 10.2%
$10,000 WINTER WINNINGS101 in 4.7970.0%$10K · 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.