How many $50,000 prizes are left in POWER PLAY® CASHWORD?

4 of 30 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 262,587.

What are the odds of winning anything on POWER PLAY® CASHWORD?

1 in 7.65 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.24 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 7.65, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 15.7.

Is POWER PLAY® CASHWORD worth buying?

Its current payout is 47.2% ($0.94 back per $2 ticket), rank #126 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 $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $100 STACKED (#495, $2) at 74.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many POWER PLAY® CASHWORD tickets are left?

We estimate 1,050,347 of roughly 30,240,000 printed tickets are unsold (96.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did POWER PLAY® CASHWORD launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on January 9, 2023. It is still on sale.

POWER PLAY® CASHWORD — $2 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #383

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:02 UTC · launched January 9, 2023

POWER PLAY® CASHWORD Massachusetts scratch ticket ticket

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POWER PLAY® CASHWORD (#383) is a $2 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on January 9, 2023. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #126 of 129 active games on current payout (47.2%, $0.94 expected back per ticket) and #25 of 26 $2 games, #115 on any-prize odds (1 in 7.65) and #24 on top-prize odds (1 in 262,587). Since launch the payout has fallen 25.8 points (73.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 44.7% (1 in 4.24 at launch). 4 of 30 top prizes of $50,000 remain, and we estimate 1,050,347 tickets are still unsold (96.5% 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 4.24 to 1 in 7.65, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.34 million and 2.54 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

47.2%

73.0% at launch

Expected value

$0.94

per $2 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 7.65

1 in 4.24 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 7.65

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 15.7

win more than $2

$600+ odds

1 in 7,244

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

4 of 30

$50,000 each

Tickets remaining

3.5%

≈ 1,050,347 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in POWER PLAY® CASHWORD, 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, 137,224 of 7,140,030 prizes (1.9%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$50,000	1 in 1,008,000	1 in 262,587	30	26	4	13.3%
$1,000	1 in 18,000	1 in 7,449	1,680	1,539	141	8.4%
$200	1 in 3,600	1 in 6,179	8,400	8,230	170	2.0%
$100	1 in 720.0	1 in 1,659	42,000	41,367	633	1.5%
$25	1 in 947.4	1 in 1,949	31,920	31,381	539	1.7%
$20	1 in 62.5	1 in 194.9	483,840	478,450	5,390	1.1%
$10	1 in 50.0	1 in 149.3	604,800	597,764	7,036	1.2%
$5	1 in 41.7	1 in 122.7	725,760	717,199	8,561	1.2%
$4	1 in 13.6	1 in 23.6	2,217,600	2,173,048	44,552	2.0%
$2	1 in 10.0	1 in 15.0	3,024,000	2,953,802	70,198	2.3%
All prizes	1 in 4.24	1 in 7.65	7,140,030	7,002,806	137,224	1.9%

How POWER PLAY® CASHWORD has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking POWER PLAY® CASHWORD. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 27, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 326 remain.
September 26, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 327 remain.
September 25, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 328 remain.
September 24, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 329 remain.
September 23, 2025: 6 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 330 remain.
September 19, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 336 remain.
September 18, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 338 remain.
September 17, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 340 remain.
September 15, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 343 remain.
September 13, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 344 remain.
September 12, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 345 remain.
September 11, 2025: 3 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 348 remain.

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

POWER PLAY® CASHWORD: common questions

How many $50,000 prizes are left in POWER PLAY® CASHWORD?: 4 of 30 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 262,587.
What are the odds of winning anything on POWER PLAY® CASHWORD?: 1 in 7.65 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.24 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 7.65, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 15.7.
Is POWER PLAY® CASHWORD worth buying?: Its current payout is 47.2% ($0.94 back per $2 ticket), rank #126 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 $2 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $100 STACKED (#495, $2) at 74.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many POWER PLAY® CASHWORD tickets are left?: We estimate 1,050,347 of roughly 30,240,000 printed tickets are unsold (96.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did POWER PLAY® CASHWORD launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on January 9, 2023. It is still on sale.

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