Instant $500sMassachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Massachusetts Lottery sells Instant $500s as a $10 ticket. On average it pays back about $0.80 per $1, $0.04 less than the median $10 game in Massachusetts. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 2% of prizes remain. At a ValueScore of 42/100 (Fair), it is 21st of the 25 active $10 games in Massachusetts. It has been on sale since August 2023.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- $0.80 back per dollar puts this game's return ahead of the pack.
- Wins hit often: about a 29% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 3.46), better than most games.
Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 224 | 72,016 | 497 | 1% |
| $100 | 1 in 67 | 239,680 | 2,081 | 1% |
| $50 | 1 in 100 | 161,280 | 1,679 | 1% |
| $25 | 1 in 100 | 161,280 | 1,940 | 1% |
| $20 | 1 in 13 | 1,290,240 | 18,354 | 1% |
| $15 | 1 in 20 | 806,400 | 12,010 | 1% |
| $10 | 1 in 8 | 1,935,360 | 38,124 | 2% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 4,396 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 497. The most recent was on October 14.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 3 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below 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
Game Details
- State
- Massachusetts
- Game Number
- 408
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 8/1/2023
- Payout %
- 80.2%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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All 25 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,000,000 IN THE MONEY | 82 | 1 in 3.47 | 85.0% | $4M · 2 | 0.4% |
| STRIKE IT RICH | 81 | 1 in 3.52 | 86.4% | $4M · 2 | 1.1% |
| $4,000,000 EXTREME Cash | 78 | 1 in 3.47 | 85.0% | $4M · 1 | 0.7% |
| DECADE OF DOLLARS | 77 | 1 in 3.47 | 83.3% | $2.4M · 4 | 2.6% |
| 100X | 76 | 1 in 3.47 | 85.4% | $4M · 1 | 1.4% |
| $4,000,000 CASH DOUBLER | 74 | 1 in 3.48 | 87.5% | $4M · 2 | 0.7% |
| $4,000,000 BONUS MONEY | 69 | 1 in 3.47 | 84.9% | $4M · 1 | 0.2% |
| $2,000,000 DIAMOND CASHWORD | 68 | 1 in 3.26 | 82.6% | $2M · 3 | 0.4% |
| $4,000,000 CASH KING DOUBLER | 67 | 1 in 3.48 | 86.2% | $4M · 2 | 0.4% |
| Instant $500s (this game) | 42 | 1 in 3.46 | 80.2% | $500 · 497 | 0.0% |
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.