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Diamonds and Dollars — $5 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #405

Data captured · launched September 12, 2023

Diamonds and Dollars (#405) is a $5 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on September 12, 2023. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #110 of 129 active games on current payout (65.5%, $3.27 expected back per ticket) and #31 of 33 $5 games, #17 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.02) and #122 on top-prize odds (—). Since launch the payout has fallen 13.2 points (78.7% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 33.6% (1 in 4.03 at launch). 0 of 4 top prizes of $1,000,000 (50K/YR/20YRS) remain, and we estimate 330,832 tickets are still unsold (97.3% sold). Its current figures fail our plausibility check (the caution below), so whatever its place in the list, we do not count it among the best Massachusetts scratch tickets to buy. A caution on the current figures: the any-prize odds have moved from 1 in 4.03 to 1 in 3.02, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.14 million and 0.69 million), usually because small prizes are claimed late, and the current odds and payout lean on that disagreement. The printed odds are the safer guide, and our summaries do not name this game the best of anything (how we estimate).

Current payout
65.5%
78.7% at launch
Expected value
$3.27
per $5 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.02
1 in 4.03 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.02
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 8.22
win more than $5
$600+ odds
1 in 9,190
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
0 of 4
$1,000,000 (50K/YR/20YRS) each
Tickets remaining
2.7%
≈ 330,832 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Diamonds and Dollars, 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, 109,620 of 2,999,812 prizes (3.7%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$1,000,000 (50K/YR/20YRS) 1 in 3,024,000 all claimed 4 4 0 0.0%
$5,000 1 in 72,000 1 in 19,461 168 151 17 10.1%
$1,000 1 in 8,000 1 in 17,412 1,512 1,493 19 1.3%
$500 1 in 1,800 1 in 3,759 6,720 6,632 88 1.3%
$100 1 in 136.9 1 in 330.8 88,368 87,368 1,000 1.1%
$50 1 in 150.0 1 in 280.6 80,640 79,461 1,179 1.5%
$20 1 in 50.0 1 in 80.9 241,920 237,830 4,090 1.7%
$15 1 in 150.0 1 in 190.4 80,640 78,902 1,738 2.2%
$10 1 in 9.38 1 in 10.3 1,290,240 1,258,145 32,095 2.5%
$5 1 in 10.0 1 in 4.77 1,209,600 1,140,206 69,394 5.7%
All prizes1 in 4.031 in 3.02 2,999,8122,890,192 109,6203.7%

How Diamonds and Dollars has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Diamonds and Dollars. 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.

Diamonds and Dollars: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Diamonds and Dollars?
0 of 4 as of October 25, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.
What are the odds of winning anything on Diamonds and Dollars?
1 in 3.02 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.03 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.02, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 8.22.
Is Diamonds and Dollars worth buying?
Its current payout is 65.5% ($3.27 back per $5 ticket), rank #110 of 129 in Massachusetts. That figure fails our plausibility check (see the caution above), so read it as approximate and not as a reason to buy. 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 Diamonds and Dollars tickets are left?
We estimate 330,832 of roughly 12,096,000 printed tickets are unsold (97.3% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Diamonds and Dollars launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on September 12, 2023. It is still on sale.

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