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$500,000 FRENZYMassachusetts Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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67
VALUESCORE
Good
$50MassachusettsGame #553GREEN
At a glance

$500,000 FRENZY is a $50 ticket from the Massachusetts Lottery. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.78 are the best of the 4 $50 tickets Massachusetts sells. None of its winning tickets pays $50 or less: every prize is worth more than the ticket.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.78
Exp. Value
$0.81
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$500,000
Top Prizes Left
30
Prizes Remaining
60%
ValueScore™
67 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.81
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
A solid pick: #19, ahead of roughly 82% of Massachusetts's 100 active games, and 2nd of the 4 active $50 games in Massachusetts.
Why
↑Plenty of prizes remain in circulation across this game.
  • Strong expected value of $0.81 per $1: a bigger slice of ticket sales is still sitting in the prize pool than usual.
  • Frequent winners: roughly a 26% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.78), ahead of most games.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 14
$500,000
30 of 50 left
launch odds 1 in 161K
now ~1 in 160K
$5,000
1,436 of 2,300 left
launch odds 1 in 3,504
now ~1 in 3,341
$2,000
184 of 304 left
launch odds 1 in 27K
now ~1 in 26K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$500,0001 in 161,2805030
60%
$5,0001 in 3,5062,3001,436
62%
$2,0001 in 26,526304184
61%
$5001 in 42193,984115,269
59%
$1001 in 41,935,3601,152,490
60%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$327,636,000
Current Prize Pool
$195,431,500
Payout Percentage
59.6%
Total Prizes Remaining
1,269,409

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
8,058,952
Estimated Remaining
4,798,366
% Remaining
59.5%
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

Since its launch on May 14, 20 $500,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 30. The most recent was on October 14.

500
May 14October 14
  • October 14, 20261 claimed · 30 left
  • October 11, 20261 claimed · 31 left
  • October 10, 20261 claimed · 32 left
  • October 9, 20261 claimed · 33 left
  • September 24, 20261 claimed · 34 left
  • September 20, 20261 claimed · 35 left

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 6 times the average for Massachusetts's $50 games (0.2% 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

67
VALUESCORE
Good
67
out of 100
Expected Value
27/40
Prize Quality
15/25
Win Frequency
13/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/14/2026

Game Details

Game Number
553
Ticket Price
$50
Start Date
5/12/2026
Payout %
81.2%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/14/2026

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$50.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.78 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the $500,000 FRENZY scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. $500,000 FRENZY scores 67/100 (Good) and is 2nd of the 4 active $50 games in Massachusetts. It pays back about $0.81 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the $500,000 FRENZY scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with $500,000 FRENZY are 1 in 3.78. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for $500,000 FRENZY?
The top prize for $500,000 FRENZY is $500,000. As of our latest update, 30 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $50 ticket in Massachusetts

GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$25,000,000 MEGA MONEY691 in 4.1083.9%$25M · 10.4%
$500,000 FRENZY (this game)671 in 3.7881.2%$500K · 301.5%
Lifetime Millions491 in 4.1083.0%$20M · 10.2%
BILLION DOLLAR EXTRAVAGANZA341 in 4.1078.7%$25M · 00.1%

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.