Bits & Odds

Hot 7s — $1 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #425

Data captured · launched January 9, 2024

Hot 7s (#425) is a $1 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on January 9, 2024. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #102 of 129 active games on current payout (70.4%, $0.70 expected back per ticket) and #8 of 15 $1 games, #89 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.70) and #26 on top-prize odds (1 in 322,682). Since launch the payout has risen 0.4 points (70.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 23.2% (1 in 5.79 at launch). 1 of 8 top prizes of $7,000 remain, and we estimate 322,682 tickets are still unsold (96.8% sold). That is below average for Massachusetts; the Massachusetts ranking lists show better payouts, including at $1.

Current payout
70.4%
70.0% at launch
Expected value
$0.70
per $1 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 4.70
1 in 5.79 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 4.70
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 4.70
win more than $1
$600+ odds
1 in 322,682
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
1 of 8
$7,000 each
Tickets remaining
3.2%
≈ 322,682 tickets

Top prize still waiting. Last 3% of tickets, a top prize still waiting: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 322,682, was 1 in 1.3 million). More Massachusetts games like this. Last top prize claimed: March 28, 2025, 576 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Hot 7s, 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, 68,587 of 1,739,028 prizes (3.9%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$7,000 1 in 1,260,000 1 in 322,682 8 7 1 12.5%
$2,000 1 in 1,008,000 all claimed 10 10 0 0.0%
$200 1 in 18,000 1 in 80,670 560 556 4 0.7%
$100 1 in 1,946 1 in 3,709 5,180 5,093 87 1.7%
$40 1 in 1,059 1 in 2,501 9,520 9,391 129 1.4%
$25 1 in 1,000 1 in 1,286 10,080 9,829 251 2.5%
$20 1 in 299.4 1 in 513.8 33,670 33,042 628 1.9%
$10 1 in 93.8 1 in 114.0 107,520 104,690 2,830 2.6%
$5 1 in 83.3 1 in 79.8 120,960 116,916 4,044 3.3%
$4 1 in 68.2 1 in 62.2 147,840 142,653 5,187 3.5%
$3 1 in 62.5 1 in 49.4 161,280 154,751 6,529 4.0%
$2 1 in 8.82 1 in 6.60 1,142,400 1,093,503 48,897 4.3%
All prizes1 in 5.791 in 4.70 1,739,0281,670,441 68,5873.9%

How Hot 7s has moved

50% 61% 72% Feb 2025Jul 2025Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Hot 7s. 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.

Hot 7s: common questions

How many $7,000 prizes are left in Hot 7s?
1 of 8 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 322,682.
What are the odds of winning anything on Hot 7s?
1 in 4.70 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 5.79 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.70, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 4.70.
Is Hot 7s worth buying?
Its current payout is 70.4% ($0.70 back per $1 ticket), rank #102 of 129 in Massachusetts. The best $1 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is 10X (#485, $1) at 75.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Hot 7s tickets are left?
We estimate 322,682 of roughly 10,075,968 printed tickets are unsold (96.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Hot 7s launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on January 9, 2024. It is still on sale.

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