Bits & Odds

JAWS — $10 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #432

Final figures from September 28, 2025 · ended

JAWS (#432) was a $10 Massachusetts scratch ticket. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 54.2% payout ($5.42 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.91 for any prize and 1 in 100,166 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 16.6 points (70.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 12.4% (1 in 3.43 at launch). 3 of 112 top prizes of $10,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 96.3% of its tickets had sold. JAWS is no longer on sale in Massachusetts; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025.

Current payout
54.2%
70.8% at launch
Expected value
$5.42
per $10 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.91
1 in 3.43 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.91
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 9.60
win more than $10
$600+ odds
1 in 4,007
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
3 of 112
$10,000 each
Tickets remaining
3.7%
≈ 300,499 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in JAWS, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 76,847 of 2,354,078 prizes (3.3%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$10,000 1 in 72,000 1 in 100,166 112 109 3 2.7%
$1,000 1 in 2,400 1 in 4,174 3,360 3,288 72 2.1%
$500 1 in 1,600 1 in 3,665 5,040 4,958 82 1.6%
$300 1 in 2,667 1 in 10,732 3,024 2,996 28 0.9%
$200 1 in 2,028 1 in 2,889 3,976 3,872 104 2.6%
$100 1 in 55.6 1 in 60.6 145,152 140,195 4,957 3.4%
$50 1 in 83.3 1 in 155.5 96,768 94,835 1,933 2.0%
$20 1 in 16.7 1 in 32.5 483,840 474,605 9,235 1.9%
$15 1 in 12.5 1 in 20.2 645,120 630,237 14,883 2.3%
$10 1 in 8.33 1 in 6.60 967,680 922,131 45,549 4.7%
$0 1 in 1,343,999 1 in 300,499 6 5 1 16.7%
All prizes1 in 3.431 in 3.91 2,354,0782,277,231 76,8473.3%

How JAWS has moved

53% 56% 58% Feb 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking JAWS. 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.

JAWS: common questions

How many $10,000 prizes are left in JAWS?
3 of 112 as of September 22, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 100,166.
What are the odds of winning anything on JAWS?
1 in 3.91 today, compared with 1 in 3.43 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.91, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 9.60.
Is JAWS worth buying?
Its current payout is 54.2% ($5.42 back per $10 ticket), rank #— of 132 in Massachusetts. The best $10 alternative today is MERRY & BRIGHT BLOWOUT (#463, $10) at 97.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many JAWS tickets are left?
We estimate 300,499 of roughly 8,064,000 printed tickets are unsold (96.3% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did JAWS launch and is it still on sale?
We first saw it on February 17, 2025. It has ended.

Other $10 Massachusetts scratch tickets