How many $250,000 prizes are left in $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS?

13 of 39 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 118,604.

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

1 in 2.96 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 2.94 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.96, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.05.

Is $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS worth buying?

Its current payout is 80.5% ($16.11 back per $20 ticket), rank #36 of 129 in Massachusetts. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $10,000,000 Cash Blast (#409, $20) at 93.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS tickets are left?

We estimate 1,541,848 of roughly 5,037,984 printed tickets are unsold (69.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

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

It launched on October 14, 2025. It is still on sale.

$250,000 WINTER WINNINGS — $20 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #519

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:02 UTC · launched October 14, 2025

$250,000 WINTER WINNINGS Massachusetts scratch ticket ticket

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$250,000 WINTER WINNINGS (#519) is a $20 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on October 14, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #36 of 129 active games on current payout (80.5%, $16.11 expected back per ticket) and #8 of 10 $20 games, #12 on any-prize odds (1 in 2.96) and #20 on top-prize odds (1 in 118,604). Since launch the payout has risen 0.1 points (80.4% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.7% (1 in 2.94 at launch). 13 of 39 top prizes of $250,000 remain, and we estimate 1,541,848 tickets are still unsold (69.4% 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

80.5%

80.4% at launch

Expected value

$16.11

per $20 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 2.96

1 in 2.94 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 2.96

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 5.05

win more than $20

$600+ odds

1 in 967.9

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

13 of 39

$250,000 each

Tickets remaining

30.6%

≈ 1,541,848 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 5, 2026, 20 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS, 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, 520,321 of 1,712,694 prizes (30.4%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$250,000	1 in 129,231	1 in 118,604	39	26	13	33.3%
$5,000	1 in 6,545	1 in 6,533	770	534	236	30.6%
$2,000	1 in 7,579	1 in 7,377	665	456	209	31.4%
$1,000	1 in 1,371	1 in 1,358	3,675	2,540	1,135	30.9%
$500	1 in 786.9	1 in 820.6	6,405	4,526	1,879	29.3%
$200	1 in 500.0	1 in 511.4	10,080	7,065	3,015	29.9%
$100	1 in 28.2	1 in 28.8	179,060	125,453	53,607	29.9%
$50	1 in 50.0	1 in 51.0	100,800	70,578	30,222	30.0%
$40	1 in 50.0	1 in 50.8	100,800	70,437	30,363	30.1%
$30	1 in 25.0	1 in 25.1	201,600	140,124	61,476	30.5%
$25	1 in 12.5	1 in 12.5	403,200	279,858	123,342	30.6%
$20	1 in 7.14	1 in 7.18	705,600	490,776	214,824	30.4%
All prizes	1 in 2.94	1 in 2.96	1,712,694	1,192,373	520,321	30.4%

How $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS has moved

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

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 25, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 236 remain.
October 24, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,135 remain.
October 23, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 1,136 remain.
October 23, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 209 remain.
October 23, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 1,138 remain.
October 22, 2026: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 1,140 remain.
October 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,142 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,143 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 237 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 210 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 238 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 1,144 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 WINTER WINNINGS: common questions

How many $250,000 prizes are left in $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS?: 13 of 39 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 118,604.
What are the odds of winning anything on $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS?: 1 in 2.96 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 2.94 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.96, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.05.
Is $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS worth buying?: Its current payout is 80.5% ($16.11 back per $20 ticket), rank #36 of 129 in Massachusetts. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $10,000,000 Cash Blast (#409, $20) at 93.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS tickets are left?: We estimate 1,541,848 of roughly 5,037,984 printed tickets are unsold (69.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $250,000 WINTER WINNINGS launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on October 14, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $20 Massachusetts scratch tickets

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$2,000,000 STACKED — 86.5% payout, 1 in 2.99 any prize
$10,000,000 INSTANT MILLIONS — 85.3% payout, 1 in 2.92 any prize

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