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$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE — $10 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #484

Data captured · launched February 18, 2025

$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE (#484) is a $10 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on February 18, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #100 of 129 active games on current payout (70.5%, $7.05 expected back per ticket) and #33 of 35 $10 games, #30 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.44) and #15 on top-prize odds (1 in 47,481). Since launch the payout has risen 0.5 points (70.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 1.7% (1 in 3.50 at launch). 96 of 320 top prizes of $10,000 remain, and we estimate 4,558,170 tickets are still unsold (71.7% sold). That is below average for Massachusetts; the Massachusetts ranking lists show better payouts, including at $10.

Current payout
70.5%
70.0% at launch
Expected value
$7.05
per $10 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.44
1 in 3.50 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.44
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.64
win more than $10
$600+ odds
1 in 2,485
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
96 of 320
$10,000 each
Tickets remaining
28.3%
≈ 4,558,170 tickets

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

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $2,500 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, 1,326,053 of 4,613,384 prizes (28.7%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$10,000 1 in 50,400 1 in 47,481 320 224 96 30.0%
$4,000 1 in 24,000 1 in 23,990 672 482 190 28.3%
$1,000 1 in 3,064 1 in 2,945 5,264 3,716 1,548 29.4%
$400 1 in 878.1 1 in 884.6 18,368 13,215 5,153 28.1%
$100 1 in 68.9 1 in 69.9 234,192 169,002 65,190 27.8%
$50 1 in 100.0 1 in 101.6 161,280 116,427 44,853 27.8%
$25 1 in 100.0 1 in 100.9 161,280 116,115 45,165 28.0%
$20 1 in 11.1 1 in 11.0 1,451,520 1,038,584 412,936 28.4%
$15 1 in 20.0 1 in 19.6 806,400 573,856 232,544 28.8%
$10 1 in 9.09 1 in 8.79 1,774,080 1,255,704 518,376 29.2%
$2,500/WK/LF 1 in 2,016,000 1 in 2,279,085 8 6 2 25.0%
All prizes1 in 3.501 in 3.44 4,613,3843,287,331 1,326,05328.7%

How $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

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

$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE: common questions

How many $10,000 prizes are left in $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE?
96 of 320 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 47,481.
What are the odds of winning anything on $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE?
1 in 3.44 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.50 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.44, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 5.64.
Is $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE worth buying?
Its current payout is 70.5% ($7.05 back per $10 ticket), rank #100 of 129 in Massachusetts. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $50, $100 and $500 BLOWOUT (#451, $10) at 92.5%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE tickets are left?
We estimate 4,558,170 of roughly 16,128,000 printed tickets are unsold (71.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on February 18, 2025. It is still on sale.

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