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Weak valueActiveBLACKJACK · $2 · Michigan Lottery
BLACKJACK: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.25 on average.
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#5 of 17 · $2 MI games
▼ -1.5 pts vs launch#5 of 17 · $2 MI games
BLACKJACK is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.5%, down 1.5 percentage points from the launch value of 64.0%. 2 of the original 4 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 51% of the 6.3M printed tickets have been sold.
62.5%
expected return
1 in 4.55
odds of any win
2 of 4
$50K top prizes left
51%
claimed · 3.2M of 6.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 672,200 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 127,429 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.25 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.22 · 60.9% of price
Mid prizes $50K
$0.03 · 1.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
672,198 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
51% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
6.3M
tickets printed
3.2M
tickets claimed · 51%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
49%
50% of top prizes remain with only 49% 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 $2 MI peers
#5 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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