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$200 A WEEK FOR LIFE — $2 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #479

Data captured · launched February 18, 2025

$200 A WEEK FOR LIFE (#479) is a $2 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on February 18, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #112 of 129 active games on current payout (64.5%, $1.29 expected back per ticket) and #16 of 26 $2 games, #72 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.29) and #40 on top-prize odds (1 in 893,633). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.6 points (66.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 2.5% (1 in 4.40 at launch). 2 of 12 top prizes of $10,000 remain, and we estimate 1,787,266 tickets are still unsold (85.2% sold). That is below average for Massachusetts; the Massachusetts ranking lists show better payouts, including at $2.

Current payout
64.5%
66.1% at launch
Expected value
$1.29
per $2 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 4.29
1 in 4.40 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 4.29
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 8.01
win more than $2
$600+ odds
1 in 17,022
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 12
$10,000 each
Tickets remaining
14.8%
≈ 1,787,266 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $200 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, 416,780 of 2,750,614 prizes (15.2%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$10,000 1 in 1,008,000 1 in 893,633 12 10 2 16.7%
$5,000 1 in 1,008,000 1 in 595,755 12 9 3 25.0%
$1,000 1 in 18,000 1 in 17,873 672 572 100 14.9%
$200 1 in 3,789 1 in 4,176 3,192 2,764 428 13.4%
$100 1 in 786.9 1 in 855.6 15,372 13,283 2,089 13.6%
$40 1 in 523.6 1 in 569.6 23,100 19,962 3,138 13.6%
$30 1 in 1,778 1 in 1,887 6,804 5,857 947 13.9%
$25 1 in 300.0 1 in 339.3 40,320 35,052 5,268 13.1%
$20 1 in 200.0 1 in 220.2 60,480 52,362 8,118 13.4%
$10 1 in 50.0 1 in 53.3 241,920 208,416 33,504 13.8%
$5 1 in 66.7 1 in 67.0 181,440 154,770 26,670 14.7%
$4 1 in 12.5 1 in 12.5 967,680 824,771 142,909 14.8%
$2 1 in 10.0 1 in 9.23 1,209,600 1,015,997 193,603 16.0%
$200/WK/LF 1 in 1,209,600 1 in 1,787,266 10 9 1 10.0%
All prizes1 in 4.401 in 4.29 2,750,6142,333,834 416,78015.2%

How $200 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 $200 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.

$200 A WEEK FOR LIFE: common questions

How many $10,000 prizes are left in $200 A WEEK FOR LIFE?
2 of 12 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 893,633.
What are the odds of winning anything on $200 A WEEK FOR LIFE?
1 in 4.29 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.40 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.29, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 8.01.
Is $200 A WEEK FOR LIFE worth buying?
Its current payout is 64.5% ($1.29 back per $2 ticket), rank #112 of 129 in Massachusetts. The best $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $100 STACKED (#495, $2) at 74.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $200 A WEEK FOR LIFE tickets are left?
We estimate 1,787,266 of roughly 12,096,000 printed tickets are unsold (85.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $200 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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