How many $250,000 prizes are left in $250,000 JACKPOT?

2 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,691,986.

What are the odds of winning anything on $250,000 JACKPOT?

1 in 3.98 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.01 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.98, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.69.

Is $250,000 JACKPOT worth buying?

Its current payout is 76.6% ($3.83 back per $5 ticket), rank #64 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 $250,000 JACKPOT tickets are left?

We estimate 5,383,973 of roughly 8,064,000 printed tickets are unsold (33.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $250,000 JACKPOT launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on March 31, 2026. It is still on sale.

$250,000 JACKPOT — $5 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #540

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:02 UTC · launched March 31, 2026

$250,000 JACKPOT Massachusetts scratch ticket ticket

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$250,000 JACKPOT (#540) is a $5 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on March 31, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #64 of 129 active games on current payout (76.6%, $3.83 expected back per ticket) and #17 of 33 $5 games, #55 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.98) and #71 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,691,986). Since launch the payout has risen 0.2 points (76.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 0.7% (1 in 4.01 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $250,000 remain, and we estimate 5,383,973 tickets are still unsold (33.2% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout

76.6%

76.5% at launch

Expected value

$3.83

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.98

1 in 4.01 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.98

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.69

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 7,169

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 3

$250,000 each

Tickets remaining

66.8%

≈ 5,383,973 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $250,000 JACKPOT, 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, 1,351,084 of 2,008,723 prizes (67.3%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$250,000	1 in 2,688,000	1 in 2,691,986	3	1	2	66.7%
$5,000	1 in 72,000	1 in 72,756	112	38	74	66.1%
$1,000	1 in 8,000	1 in 7,976	1,008	333	675	67.0%
$500	1 in 1,655	1 in 1,661	4,872	1,630	3,242	66.5%
$100	1 in 119.7	1 in 120.0	67,368	22,497	44,871	66.6%
$50	1 in 150.0	1 in 149.9	53,760	17,841	35,919	66.8%
$20	1 in 50.0	1 in 50.1	161,280	53,871	107,409	66.6%
$15	1 in 150.0	1 in 150.5	53,760	17,982	35,778	66.6%
$10	1 in 9.38	1 in 9.34	860,160	283,491	576,669	67.0%
$5	1 in 10.0	1 in 9.85	806,400	259,955	546,445	67.8%
All prizes	1 in 4.01	1 in 3.98	2,008,723	657,639	1,351,084	67.3%

How $250,000 JACKPOT has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $250,000 JACKPOT. 48 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 25, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 675 remain.
October 23, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 676 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 677 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 74 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 678 remain.
October 20, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 679 remain.
October 16, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 681 remain.
October 14, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 682 remain.
October 8, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 683 remain.
October 8, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 684 remain.
October 5, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 685 remain.
October 2, 2026: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 686 remain.

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

$250,000 JACKPOT: common questions

How many $250,000 prizes are left in $250,000 JACKPOT?: 2 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,691,986.
What are the odds of winning anything on $250,000 JACKPOT?: 1 in 3.98 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.01 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.98, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.69.
Is $250,000 JACKPOT worth buying?: Its current payout is 76.6% ($3.83 back per $5 ticket), rank #64 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 $250,000 JACKPOT tickets are left?: We estimate 5,383,973 of roughly 8,064,000 printed tickets are unsold (33.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $250,000 JACKPOT launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on March 31, 2026. 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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