618 of 72,016
top prizes of $500 still out there
Ticket price$10
Top prize$500
Launch odds1 in 3.46
Prizes remaining (all tiers)82,349
Est. tickets left
≈2%
Instant $500s is a $10 scratch-off from the Massachusetts Lottery (game #408) with a top prize of $500 and overall odds of 1 in 3.46 at launch. 71,398 of 72,016 top prizes are gone, 618 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 2% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 82,349 prizes are still out there (it started with 4,666,256).
Some games are best understood one row of the table at a time. On "Instant $500s" right now, the most common win still waiting is $10 — 41,286 of them on the board — plus 2,474 prizes of $100 sitting just under the top end. The full count, top to bottom, is right below. Every line of Instant $500s's prize table below is today's tally, not last month's.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 618 | 72,016 |
| $100 | 2,474 | 239,680 |
| $50 | 1,942 | 161,280 |
| $25 | 2,196 | 161,280 |
| $20 | 20,503 | 1,290,240 |
| $15 | 13,330 | 806,400 |
| $10 | 41,286 | 1,935,360 |
Prize counts come straight from official Massachusetts lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
618 of the 72,016 top prizes of $500 are still unclaimed, according to official Massachusetts lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Instant $500s is a $10 scratch-off. It is game #408 from the Massachusetts Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.46, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.
Prize counts come straight from official Massachusetts lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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