Are the top prizes in $2,500,000 MERRY & BRIGHT still available?

No — all 3 top prizes of $2,500,000 have been claimed, though tickets may still be sold.

What does a $2,500,000 MERRY & BRIGHT ticket pay back?

You get back about 69¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the Massachusetts Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

Massachusetts · $10 ticket · #462

$2,500,000 MERRY & BRIGHT

Updated today

Top prize is gone — every $2,500,000 prize has been claimed. A $10 ticket returns about 69¢ on average.

Top prize goneTwo biggest prizes gone

Pays back per $1 69¢ about 85¢ when the game launched

Top prize $2,500,000 all claimed

How far along 89% about 89% of tickets already sold · roughly 1.2 million tickets left (estimated) 1 in 3.48 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$2,500,000	0	3
$1,000,000	0	6
$10,000	29	240
$1,000	355	3,290
$500	1,071	10,430
$200	1,166	10,850
$100	16,318	150,920
$50	10,831	100,800
$25	11,014	100,800
$20	89,256	806,400
$15	67,580	604,800
$10	129,121	1,108,800

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6871 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.8481 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 3.48
Estimated tickets printed: 10,082,740
Estimated tickets remaining: 1,157,379
Estimated fraction sold: 0.8852
Game number: #462

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

Source: the Massachusetts Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.