How many $1,000 prizes are left in $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE?

8 of 40 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 118,152.

What are the odds of winning anything on $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE?

1 in 4.32 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.77 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.32, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 8.89.

Is $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE worth buying?

Its current payout is 56.6% ($0.57 back per $1 ticket), rank #120 of 129 in Massachusetts. The best $1 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 10X (#485, $1) at 75.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE tickets are left?

We estimate 945,217 of roughly 10,080,000 printed tickets are unsold (90.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE launch and is it still on sale?

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

$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE — $1 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #478

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

$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE Massachusetts scratch ticket ticket

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$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE (#478) is a $1 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on February 18, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #120 of 129 active games on current payout (56.6%, $0.57 expected back per ticket) and #15 of 15 $1 games, #74 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.32) and #19 on top-prize odds (1 in 118,152). Since launch the payout has fallen 5.2 points (61.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 10.4% (1 in 4.77 at launch). 8 of 40 top prizes of $1,000 remain, and we estimate 945,217 tickets are still unsold (90.6% sold). That is below average for Massachusetts; the Massachusetts ranking lists show better payouts, including at $1.

Current payout

56.6%

61.8% at launch

Expected value

$0.57

per $1 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.32

1 in 4.77 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.32

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 8.89

win more than $1

$600+ odds

1 in 118,152

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

8 of 40

$1,000 each

Tickets remaining

9.4%

≈ 945,217 tickets

Lots sold, few top prizes claimed. 91% sold, only 32 of 40 top prizes claimed: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 118,152, was 1 in 252,000). More Massachusetts games like this.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $100 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, 218,931 of 2,113,980 prizes (10.4%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$1,000	1 in 252,000	1 in 118,152	40	32	8	20.0%
$100	1 in 1,321	1 in 2,163	7,630	7,193	437	5.7%
$40	1 in 1,600	1 in 2,436	6,300	5,912	388	6.2%
$20	1 in 600.0	1 in 864.0	16,800	15,706	1,094	6.5%
$10	1 in 125.0	1 in 162.0	80,640	74,805	5,835	7.2%
$5	1 in 53.6	1 in 66.1	188,160	173,871	14,289	7.6%
$4	1 in 50.0	1 in 54.3	201,600	184,207	17,393	8.6%
$2	1 in 15.0	1 in 14.1	672,000	605,131	66,869	10.0%
$1	1 in 10.7	1 in 8.39	940,800	828,183	112,617	12.0%
$100/WK/LF	1 in 1,008,000	1 in 945,217	10	9	1	10.0%
All prizes	1 in 4.77	1 in 4.32	2,113,980	1,895,049	218,931	10.4%

How $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 5, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 20 remain.
August 11, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 21 remain.
July 30, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 22 remain.
July 22, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 23 remain.
July 11, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 24 remain.
June 5, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 25 remain.
May 17, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 26 remain.
May 10, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 29 remain.
April 30, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 30 remain.
April 23, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 31 remain.
April 15, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 32 remain.
April 12, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 33 remain.

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

$100 A WEEK FOR LIFE: common questions

How many $1,000 prizes are left in $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE?: 8 of 40 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 118,152.
What are the odds of winning anything on $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE?: 1 in 4.32 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.77 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.32, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 8.89.
Is $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE worth buying?: Its current payout is 56.6% ($0.57 back per $1 ticket), rank #120 of 129 in Massachusetts. The best $1 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 10X (#485, $1) at 75.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE tickets are left?: We estimate 945,217 of roughly 10,080,000 printed tickets are unsold (90.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $100 A WEEK FOR LIFE launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on February 18, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $1 Massachusetts scratch tickets

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$50 in a Flash — 77.7% payout, 1 in 3.23 any prize
10X — 75.8% payout, 1 in 3.89 any prize
$10,000 WIN ALL — 75.8% payout, 1 in 4.00 any prize
$10,000 BONUS PLAY — 74.3% payout, 1 in 5.20 any prize

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