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Poor valueActiveCherry Jackpot · $2 · Michigan Lottery
Cherry Jackpot: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.18 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#17 of 17 · $2 MI games
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#17 of 17 · $2 MI games
Cherry Jackpot is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.0%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 1 of the original 5 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 76% of the 6.3M printed tickets have been sold.
59.0%
expected return
1 in 4.62
odds of any win
1 of 5
$50K top prizes left
76%
claimed · 4.8M of 6.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 327,131 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 1,511,473 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.18 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $200
$1.15 · 57.3% of price
Mid prizes $50K
$0.03 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $200 wins
327,130 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
76% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
6.3M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 76%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
20%
Tickets left
24%
20% of top prizes remain with 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 $2 MI peers
#17 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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