According to Masslottery.com, the Commonwealth’s lottery broke records in 2019 hitting an all-time $5.509 billion in revenue, yielding a net profit of $1.104 billion. Between nine games (The Numbers Game, Keno, Jackpot Poker, All or Nothing, Mass Cash, Megabucks Doubler, Lucky for Life, Mega Millions, Powerball) and countless ever-changing scratch tickets, the Bay State’s lottery is thriving.
As a whole, the United States spent $81.6 billion in state lotto tickets in 2019 across the 45 states where games are available, plus Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Utah, and Nevada do not have state lotteries.
Residents in the Bay State spent a whopping $951.92 per adult, which is more than any other state in the U.S. That’s just over $600 more than the national average. Massachusetts does however have a higher-than-average return percentage with the average Massachusetts adult winning $701.50 annually.
One of the Largest Massachusetts Scratch Ticket Prizes Still Goes Unclaimed.
The Massachusetts state lotto has a policy that all lottery prizes must be claimed within one year of the drawing. If prize money of any amount goes unclaimed it is returned to the Commonwealth as part of the Lottery’s net profit, which is distributed to all 351 cities and towns…