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Weak valueActiveCorner Cashword · $2 · Michigan Lottery
Corner Cashword: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.25 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#8 of 18 · $2 MI games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#8 of 18 · $2 MI games
Corner Cashword is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.5%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 8 of the original 12 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 26% of the 26.3M printed tickets have been sold.
62.5%
expected return
1 in 4.50
odds of any win
8 of 12
$30K top prizes left
26%
claimed · 6.9M of 26.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,327,759 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
7 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 162,295 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 – $100
$1.23 · 61.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.02 · 0.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
4,327,639 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
26% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
26.3M
tickets printed
6.9M
tickets claimed · 26%
19.5M
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
74%
67% of top prizes remain with 74% 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
#8 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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