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Strong valueActive$8,000,000 Payout · $50 · Michigan Lottery
$8,000,000 Payout: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.27 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $50 MI games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $50 MI games
$8,000,000 Payout is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.5%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 81.0%. 2 of the original 3 $8,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 7.8M printed tickets have been sold.
80.5%
expected return
1 in 3.17
odds of any win
2 of 3
$8M jackpots left
28%
claimed · 2.2M of 7.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,761,832 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $50
$100 or $150 or $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 102 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $40.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$36.77 · 73.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.64 · 1.3% of price
Jackpots $8M+
$2.86 · 5.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.8%
Just 2 tickets out of 5.6M carry the $8M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
1,760,300 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
7.8M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 28%
5.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
72%
67% of top prizes remain with 72% 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
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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