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Average valueActive$500 Inferno · $5 · Michigan Lottery
$500 Inferno: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.48 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#22 of 33 · $5 MI games
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#22 of 33 · $5 MI games
$500 Inferno is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 16,494 of the original 26,622 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 37% of the 8.7M printed tickets have been sold.
69.6%
expected return
1 in 4.10
odds of any win
16,494 of 26,622
$500 top prizes left
37%
claimed · 3.2M of 8.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,328,256 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 330 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.48 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.48 · 69.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,328,256 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
37% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
8.7M
tickets printed
3.2M
tickets claimed · 37%
5.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
62%
Tickets left
63%
62% of top prizes remain with 63% 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 $5 MI peers
#22 of 33
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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