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Strong valueActive50X · $10 · Michigan Lottery
50X: Strong value. A $10 ticket pays back $8.13 on average.
▲ +5.3 pts vs launch#1 of 29 · $10 MI games
▲ +5.3 pts vs launch#1 of 29 · $10 MI games
50X is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.3%, up 5.3 percentage points from the launch value of 76.0%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 8.2M printed tickets have been sold.
81.3%
expected return
1 in 3.87
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
77%
claimed · 6.3M of 8.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 489,250 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,317 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $8.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$7.00 · 70.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.07 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.06 · 10.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.7%
Just 2 tickets out of 1.9M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
489,195 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
8.2M
tickets printed
6.3M
tickets claimed · 77%
1.9M
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
23%
67% of top prizes remain with only 23% 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 $10 MI peers
#1 of 29
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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