How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Waves of Cash?

0 of 3 as of September 20, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.

What are the odds of winning anything on Waves of Cash?

1 in 3.33 today, compared with 1 in 4.13 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.33, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.20.

Is Waves of Cash worth buying?

Its current payout is 82.6% ($4.13 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 132 in Massachusetts. The best $5 alternative today is $1,000,000 Monopoly Doubler (#430, $5) at 89.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Waves of Cash tickets are left?

We estimate 912,977 of roughly 10,080,000 printed tickets are unsold (90.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Waves of Cash launch and is it still on sale?

We first saw it on February 17, 2025. It has ended.

Waves of Cash — $5 Massachusetts Scratch Ticket #412

Final figures from September 28, 2025 · ended

Waves of Cash Massachusetts scratch ticket ticket

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Waves of Cash (#412) was a $5 Massachusetts scratch ticket. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 82.6% payout ($4.13 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.33 for any prize and — for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 4.0 points (78.5% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 24.1% (1 in 4.13 at launch). 0 of 3 top prizes of $1,000,000 ($1,000,000 (50K/YR/20YRS)) were never claimed, and we estimate 90.9% of its tickets had sold. Waves of Cash is no longer on sale in Massachusetts; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025.

Current payout

82.6%

78.5% at launch

Expected value

$4.13

per $5 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 3.33

1 in 4.13 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 3.33

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.20

win more than $5

$600+ odds

1 in 5,778

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

0 of 3

$1,000,000 ($1,000,000 (50K/YR/20YRS)) each

Tickets remaining

9.1%

≈ 912,977 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Waves of Cash, 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, 274,480 of 2,441,393 prizes (11.2%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$1,000,000 (50K/YR/20YRS)	1 in 3,360,001	all claimed	3	3	0	0.0%
$5,000	1 in 72,000	1 in 82,998	140	129	11	7.9%
$1,000	1 in 6,545	1 in 6,211	1,540	1,393	147	9.5%
$500	1 in 3,130	1 in 3,033	3,220	2,919	301	9.3%
$200	1 in 1,309	1 in 1,266	7,700	6,979	721	9.4%
$100	1 in 131.3	1 in 129.0	76,790	69,712	7,078	9.2%
$50	1 in 150.0	1 in 119.0	67,200	59,528	7,672	11.4%
$20	1 in 50.0	1 in 46.3	201,600	181,880	19,720	9.8%
$15	1 in 150.0	1 in 134.8	67,200	60,427	6,773	10.1%
$10	1 in 10.0	1 in 8.71	1,008,000	903,130	104,870	10.4%
$5	1 in 10.0	1 in 7.18	1,008,000	880,813	127,187	12.6%
All prizes	1 in 4.13	1 in 3.33	2,441,393	2,166,913	274,480	11.2%

How Waves of Cash has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Waves of Cash. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 1, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 147 remain.
August 14, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 148 remain.
July 4, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 149 remain.
June 4, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 150 remain.
May 12, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 151 remain.
April 23, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 152 remain.
April 19, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 153 remain.
March 29, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 154 remain.
March 28, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 155 remain.
March 13, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 157 remain.
March 4, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 158 remain.
February 26, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 159 remain.

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

Waves of Cash: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Waves of Cash?: 0 of 3 as of September 20, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.
What are the odds of winning anything on Waves of Cash?: 1 in 3.33 today, compared with 1 in 4.13 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.33, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.20.
Is Waves of Cash worth buying?: Its current payout is 82.6% ($4.13 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 132 in Massachusetts. The best $5 alternative today is $1,000,000 Monopoly Doubler (#430, $5) at 89.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Waves of Cash tickets are left?: We estimate 912,977 of roughly 10,080,000 printed tickets are unsold (90.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Waves of Cash launch and is it still on sale?: We first saw it on February 17, 2025. It has ended.

Other $5 Massachusetts scratch tickets

$1,000,000 Monopoly Doubler — 89.1% payout, 1 in 2.48 any prize
EMERALD MINE 50X — 81.6% payout, 1 in 3.88 any prize
KENO™ — 79.5% payout, 1 in 4.27 any prize
TRIPLE 777 — 79.4% payout, 1 in 3.73 any prize
$1,000,000 NEON CASH — 78.8% payout, 1 in 4.13 any prize

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