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Since the state unveiled a $50 scratch-off lottery ticket called the “Billion Dollar Extravaganza,” more than 300,000 people have won prizes, officials say.
Players have a 1 in 4.10 chance of winning a prize with a $50 scratch-off lottery ticket, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery.
Since the state unveiled a $50 scratch-off lottery ticket called the “Billion Dollar Extravaganza,” more than 300,000 people have won prizes, officials say.
However, the three prizes of $25 million, five prizes of $2 million and 15 prizes of $1 million have yet to be won, according to the state lottery website.
According to the state lottery, six people won the $50,000 prize, 70 people won the $20,000 prize, 87 people won the $10,000 prize, 273 people won the prize worth of $5,000 and 1,078 people won the $1,000 prize.
The overall chance of buying a winning ticket out of the remaining 30.2 million Billion Dollar Extravaganza tickets is 1 in 4.10, officials said, and the total for a winning card is still over $100.
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