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Power Play™ Cashword — $2 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #524

Data captured · launched December 29, 2025

Power Play™ Cashword (#524) is a $2 Massachusetts scratch ticket launched on December 29, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #94 of 129 active games on current payout (72.0%, $1.44 expected back per ticket) and #9 of 26 $2 games, #75 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.32) and #41 on top-prize odds (1 in 906,206). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.0 points (73.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 1.9% (1 in 4.24 at launch). 10 of 15 top prizes of $50,000 remain, and we estimate 9,062,063 tickets are still unsold (40.1% sold). That is below average for Massachusetts; the Massachusetts ranking lists show better payouts, including at $2.

Current payout
72.0%
73.0% at launch
Expected value
$1.44
per $2 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 4.32
1 in 4.24 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 4.32
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 7.51
win more than $2
$600+ odds
1 in 16,720
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
10 of 15
$50,000 each
Tickets remaining
59.9%
≈ 9,062,063 tickets

Lots sold, few top prizes claimed. 40% sold, only 5 of 15 top prizes claimed: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 906,206, was 1 in 1.0 million). More Massachusetts games like this. Last top prize claimed: October 20, 2026, 5 days ago.

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, 2,098,693 of 3,570,015 prizes (58.8%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$50,000 1 in 1,008,000 1 in 906,206 15 5 10 66.7%
$1,000 1 in 18,000 1 in 17,034 840 308 532 63.3%
$200 1 in 3,600 1 in 3,661 4,200 1,725 2,475 58.9%
$100 1 in 720.0 1 in 734.2 21,000 8,657 12,343 58.8%
$25 1 in 947.4 1 in 970.0 15,960 6,618 9,342 58.5%
$20 1 in 62.5 1 in 64.1 241,920 100,604 141,316 58.4%
$10 1 in 50.0 1 in 51.3 302,400 125,724 176,676 58.4%
$5 1 in 41.7 1 in 42.7 362,880 150,789 212,091 58.4%
$4 1 in 13.6 1 in 13.9 1,108,800 456,498 652,302 58.8%
$2 1 in 10.0 1 in 10.2 1,512,000 620,394 891,606 59.0%
All prizes1 in 4.241 in 4.32 3,570,0151,471,322 2,098,69358.8%

How Power Play™ Cashword has moved

70% 72% 73% Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Power Play™ Cashword. 48 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.

Power Play™ Cashword: common questions

How many $50,000 prizes are left in Power Play™ Cashword?
10 of 15 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 906,206.
What are the odds of winning anything on Power Play™ Cashword?
1 in 4.32 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.24 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.32, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 7.51.
Is Power Play™ Cashword worth buying?
Its current payout is 72.0% ($1.44 back per $2 ticket), rank #94 of 129 in Massachusetts. 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 9,062,063 of roughly 15,120,000 printed tickets are unsold (40.1% 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 December 29, 2025. It is still on sale.

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