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Exceptional valueActive$300,000,000 Extraordinaire · $50 · Michigan Lottery
$300,000,000 Extraordinaire: Exceptional value. A $50 ticket pays back $44.08 on average.
▲ +7.5 pts vs launch#2 of 5 · $50 MI games
▲ +7.5 pts vs launch#2 of 5 · $50 MI games
$300,000,000 Extraordinaire is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 88.2%, up 7.5 percentage points from the launch value of 80.7%. 2 of the original 3 $6,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.
88.2%
expected return
1 in 3.10
odds of any win
2 of 3
$6M jackpots left
76%
claimed · 6.4M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 639,884 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $50
$100 or $150 or $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 70 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $44.08 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$37.46 · 74.9% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.57 · 1.1% of price
Jackpots $6M+
$6.05 · 12.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
76.1%
Just 2 tickets out of 2M carry the $6M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
639,800 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.
8.4M
tickets printed
6.4M
tickets claimed · 76%
2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
24%
67% of top prizes remain with only 24% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Michigan Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $50 MI peers
#2 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
500X Money Maker
123.0%
2
$300,000,000 Extraordinaire
88.2%
3
$6,000,000 WEALTH
82.6%
4
Millionaire Maker
81.1%
5
$8,000,000 Payout
80.5%
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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