How many $10,000 prizes are left in $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE?

28 of 202 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 72,837.

What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE?

1 in 4.14 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.31 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.14, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.96.

Is $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE worth buying?

Its current payout is 63.4% ($3.17 back per $5 ticket), rank #115 of 129 in Massachusetts. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is EMERALD MINE 50X (#467, $5) at 81.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE tickets are left?

We estimate 2,039,446 of roughly 15,120,000 printed tickets are unsold (86.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on February 18, 2025. It is still on sale.

$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE — $5 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #480

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:02 UTC · launched February 18, 2025

$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Massachusetts scratch ticket ticket

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$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE (#480) is a $5 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on February 18, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #115 of 129 active games on current payout (63.4%, $3.17 expected back per ticket) and #32 of 33 $5 games, #65 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.14) and #16 on top-prize odds (1 in 72,837). Since launch the payout has fallen 2.2 points (65.6% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 4.2% (1 in 4.31 at launch). 28 of 202 top prizes of $10,000 remain, and we estimate 2,039,446 tickets are still unsold (86.5% sold). That is below average for Massachusetts; the Massachusetts ranking lists show better payouts, including at $5.

Current payout

63.4%

65.6% at launch

Expected value

$3.17

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.14

1 in 4.31 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.14

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 7.96

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 6,622

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

28 of 202

$10,000 each

Tickets remaining

13.5%

≈ 2,039,446 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 6, 2026, 19 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other Massachusetts game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 492,537 of 3,505,532 prizes (14.1%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$10,000	1 in 74,851	1 in 72,837	202	174	28	13.9%
$2,000	1 in 36,000	1 in 37,081	420	365	55	13.1%
$1,000	1 in 9,000	1 in 9,064	1,680	1,455	225	13.4%
$500	1 in 2,250	1 in 2,496	6,720	5,903	817	12.2%
$100	1 in 218.2	1 in 248.3	69,300	61,085	8,215	11.9%
$50	1 in 150.0	1 in 169.1	100,800	88,738	12,062	12.0%
$25	1 in 150.0	1 in 166.7	100,800	88,565	12,235	12.1%
$20	1 in 75.0	1 in 83.2	201,600	177,099	24,501	12.2%
$15	1 in 150.0	1 in 162.2	100,800	88,227	12,573	12.5%
$10	1 in 10.7	1 in 11.0	1,411,200	1,225,860	185,340	13.1%
$5	1 in 10.0	1 in 8.62	1,512,000	1,275,516	236,484	15.6%
$1,000/WK/LF	1 in 1,512,000	1 in 1,019,723	10	8	2	20.0%
All prizes	1 in 4.31	1 in 4.14	3,505,532	3,012,995	492,537	14.1%

How $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 225 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 226 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 227 remain.
October 19, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 55 remain.
October 19, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 228 remain.
October 19, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 229 remain.
October 16, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 56 remain.
October 15, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 230 remain.
October 15, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 57 remain.
October 14, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 231 remain.
October 13, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 232 remain.
October 13, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 233 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE: common questions

How many $10,000 prizes are left in $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE?: 28 of 202 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 72,837.
What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE?: 1 in 4.14 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.31 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.14, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.96.
Is $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE worth buying?: Its current payout is 63.4% ($3.17 back per $5 ticket), rank #115 of 129 in Massachusetts. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is EMERALD MINE 50X (#467, $5) at 81.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE tickets are left?: We estimate 2,039,446 of roughly 15,120,000 printed tickets are unsold (86.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on February 18, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $5 Massachusetts scratch tickets

EMERALD MINE 50X — 81.6% payout, 1 in 3.88 any prize
$1,000,000 BONUS WINS — 80.0% payout, 1 in 3.48 any prize
TRIPLE 777 — 79.8% payout, 1 in 3.71 any prize
EXTREME GREEN — 79.2% payout, 1 in 3.82 any prize
RUBY MINE 50X — 78.9% payout, 1 in 3.91 any prize

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