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POWER PLAY® CASHWORDMassachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: Massachusetts Lottery
14
VALUESCORE
Poor
$2MassachusettsGame #383GREEN
At a glance

POWER PLAY® CASHWORD costs $2 a ticket from the Massachusetts Lottery. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 2% of prizes remain. With a ValueScore of 14/100 (Poor), it is 18th of the 20 active $2 games in Massachusetts. It has been on sale since January 2023.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.24
Exp. Value
$0.73
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$50,000
Top Prizes Left
4
Prizes Remaining
2%
ValueScore™
14 / 100
Poor

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.73
↓
POOR VALUE
The numbers work against it: #96 of the 100 active games we track in Massachusetts.
Why
↓Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
  • Expected value lands near the pack at $0.73 per $1 spent.
  • Prizes hit less often here, roughly 24% per ticket (1 in 4.24).

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$50,0001 in 1,008,000304
13%
$1,0001 in 18,0001,680141
8%
$2001 in 3,6008,400170
2%
$1001 in 72042,000638
2%
$251 in 94731,920543
2%
$201 in 63483,8405,438
1%
$101 in 50604,8007,087
1%
$51 in 42725,7608,636
1%
$41 in 142,217,60044,768
2%
$21 in 103,024,00070,520
2%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$44,130,000
Current Prize Pool
$995,297
Payout Percentage
2.3%
Total Prizes Remaining
137,945

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
30,273,727
Estimated Remaining
584,887
% Remaining
1.9%
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

All 4 $50,000 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.

40
March 6October 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 $2 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

14
VALUESCORE
Poor
14
out of 100
Expected Value
6/40
Prize Quality
0/25
Win Frequency
7/20
Inventory Health
0/15
Updated: 10/14/2026

Game Details

Game Number
383
Ticket Price
$2
Start Date
1/9/2023
Payout %
73.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/14/2026

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$2.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.24 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the POWER PLAY® CASHWORD scratch-off a good buy?
No. POWER PLAY® CASHWORD scores 14/100 (Poor) and is 18th of the 20 active $2 games in Massachusetts, among the weakest tickets in Massachusetts. It pays back about $0.73 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the POWER PLAY® CASHWORD scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with POWER PLAY® CASHWORD are 1 in 4.24. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for POWER PLAY® CASHWORD?
The top prize for POWER PLAY® CASHWORD is $50,000. As of our latest update, 4 top prizes remain unclaimed.
How many prizes are left in POWER PLAY® CASHWORD?
Based on our latest data, 2% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 137,945 out of 7,140,030 total). The vast majority of prizes have been claimed. This game is close to being retired.

Every $2 ticket in Massachusetts

All 20 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
Jolly Peng-Win Cashword501 in 4.3972.9%$50K · 3-
$100,000 DOUBLE DEUCES501 in 4.6072.9%$100K · 50.8%
WIN IT ALL BONUS491 in 4.5973.1%$100K · 30.6%
$50,000 Star Cashword461 in 4.2373.0%$50K · 111.2%
$100,000 DOUBLE PLAY441 in 5.9072.9%$100K · 32.2%
Power Play™ Cashword431 in 4.2473.0%$50K · 110.9%
777 SLOTS431 in 4.6172.9%$78K · 40.7%
WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER411 in 4.6072.9%$50K · 30.7%
20X381 in 4.4772.9%$100K · 31.5%
POWER PLAY® CASHWORD (this game)141 in 4.2473.0%$50K · 40.0%

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.