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Weak valueActiveCorner Cashword · $2 · Michigan Lottery
Corner Cashword: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.26 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 17 · $2 MI games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 17 · $2 MI games
Corner Cashword is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 9 of the original 12 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 23% of the 26.3M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 4.50
odds of any win
9 of 12
$30K top prizes left
23%
claimed · 6.1M of 26.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 4,509,048 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 163,639 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.24 · 62.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.02 · 1.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
4,508,924 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
23% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
26.3M
tickets printed
6.1M
tickets claimed · 23%
20.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
77%
75% of top prizes remain with 77% 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
#2 of 17
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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