GHOSTBUSTERS™Massachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Massachusetts Lottery sells GHOSTBUSTERS™ as a $5 ticket. The $1,000,000 top prize is an annuity: $50,000 a year for 20 years. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 4,791 tickets.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Win rate is typical, around 25% per ticket (1 in 4.03).
- Strong prize quality: a healthy share of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
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 3,360,000 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 72,000 | 140 | 84 | 60% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 5,143 | 1,960 | 1,213 | 62% |
| $500 | 1 in 1,800 | 5,600 | 3,395 | 61% |
| $100 | 1 in 138 | 73,080 | 44,313 | 61% |
| $50 | 1 in 150 | 67,200 | 40,899 | 61% |
| $20 | 1 in 50 | 201,600 | 122,615 | 61% |
| $15 | 1 in 150 | 67,200 | 41,119 | 61% |
| $10 | 1 in 9 | 1,075,200 | 659,163 | 61% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 1,008,000 | 627,787 | 62% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $1,000,000 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for Massachusetts's $5 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
Game Details
- State
- Massachusetts
- Game Number
- 510
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 9/9/2025
- Payout %
- 76.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in Massachusetts
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% |
| GHOSTBUSTERS™ (this game) | 53 | 1 in 4.03 | 76.1% | $1M · 2 | 0.5% |
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.