$500,000 CASHWORD CORNERSMassachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Massachusetts Lottery sells $500,000 CASHWORD CORNERS as a $5 ticket. By our estimate the $500,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 3,060,483 per ticket, down from 1 in 3,780,524. On average it pays back about $0.76 per $1, $0.02 less than the median $5 game in Massachusetts. Most of its wins only cover the ticket: 60% of winners pay $5 or less.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 3.8M at launch, about 1 in 3.1M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $500,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Win rate is typical, around 24% per ticket (1 in 4.16).
- Strong prize quality: a healthy share of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 3,780,000 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 1,008,000 | 15 | 9 | 60% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 144,000 | 105 | 67 | 64% |
| $500 | 1 in 18,000 | 840 | 506 | 60% |
| $300 | 1 in 13,091 | 1,155 | 697 | 60% |
| $150 | 1 in 3,600 | 4,200 | 2,554 | 61% |
| $100 | 1 in 83 | 181,440 | 109,417 | 60% |
| $60 | 1 in 750 | 20,160 | 12,291 | 61% |
| $50 | 1 in 150 | 100,800 | 60,794 | 60% |
| $40 | 1 in 250 | 60,480 | 36,471 | 60% |
| $25 | 1 in 150 | 100,800 | 60,867 | 60% |
| $20 | 1 in 39 | 383,040 | 231,019 | 60% |
| $10 | 1 in 25 | 604,800 | 365,639 | 60% |
| $5 | 1 in 7 | 2,177,280 | 1,326,745 | 61% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 3 $500,000 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 0.4% 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
- 381
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 5/5/2025
- Payout %
- 76.2%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/14/2026
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All 27 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 NEON CASH | 65 | 1 in 4.14 | 78.8% | $1M · 4 | 0.5% |
| $1,000,000 SUPREME WINNINGS | 64 | 1 in 4.13 | 79.1% | $1M · 3 | 2.7% |
| 50X | 62 | 1 in 4.14 | 78.6% | $1M · 3 | 1.4% |
| $1,000,000 HIGH ROLLER | 62 | 1 in 4.14 | 78.8% | $1M · 4 | 0.4% |
| $500,000 COLOR BLAST | 60 | 1 in 4.16 | 76.2% | $500K · 3 | 1.6% |
| $1,000,000 GO FOR THE GREEN | 59 | 1 in 4.14 | 78.8% | $1M · 3 | 0.4% |
| KENO™ | 57 | 1 in 4.15 | 79.5% | $1M · 2 | 1.3% |
| BIG BLUE BONUS CASHWORD 2026 | 57 | 1 in 4.16 | 76.2% | $500K · 3 | 1.2% |
| $250,000 JACKPOT | 56 | 1 in 4.01 | 76.5% | $250K · 2 | 0.5% |
| $500,000 CASHWORD CORNERS (this game) | 47 | 1 in 4.16 | 76.2% | $500K · 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.