$500 CA$HMassachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$500 CA$H is one of the Massachusetts Lottery's $5 games. The $1,000,000 top prize is an annuity: $50,000 a year for 20 years. At launch, about 1 in 6,845 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 3.8M at launch, about 1 in 2.1M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $1,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
- At $0.76 returned per $1 spent, this game pays back more than the typical scratch-off.
- Inventory is about half depleted, but a fair number of prizes are still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 ($50,000 a year for 20 years) | 1 in 3,780,000 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 72,000 | 210 | 91 | 43% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 7,579 | 1,995 | 859 | 43% |
| $500 | 1 in 1,152 | 13,125 | 5,423 | 41% |
| $100 | 1 in 183 | 82,845 | 34,215 | 41% |
| $50 | 1 in 150 | 100,800 | 41,816 | 41% |
| $25 | 1 in 150 | 100,800 | 42,026 | 42% |
| $20 | 1 in 50 | 302,400 | 126,058 | 42% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 1,512,000 | 636,484 | 42% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 1,512,000 | 658,979 | 44% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $1,000,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was on October 17.
- October 17, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than 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
- 496
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 7/15/2025
- Payout %
- 76.2%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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All 27 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 COLOR BLAST | 65 | 1 in 4.16 | 76.2% | $500K · 3 | 1.6% |
| $250,000 JACKPOT | 63 | 1 in 4.01 | 76.5% | $250K · 2 | 0.5% |
| $1,000,000 NEON CASH | 62 | 1 in 4.14 | 76.1% | $1M · 4 | 0.5% |
| BIG BLUE BONUS CASHWORD 2026 | 61 | 1 in 4.16 | 76.2% | $500K · 3 | 1.2% |
| KENO™ | 60 | 1 in 4.15 | 79.5% | $1M · 2 | 1.2% |
| 50X | 60 | 1 in 4.14 | 76.2% | $1M · 3 | 1.3% |
| Candy Cane Cash Blowout | 59 | 1 in 9.15 | 76.5% | $250 · 7,598 | - |
| $1,000,000 SUPREME WINNINGS | 58 | 1 in 4.13 | 76.1% | $1M · 3 | 2.5% |
| $1,000,000 HIGH ROLLER | 57 | 1 in 4.14 | 76.2% | $1M · 4 | 0.4% |
| $500 CA$H (this game) | 50 | 1 in 4.17 | 76.2% | $1M · 3 | 0.4% |
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.