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Weak valueActiveDetroit Tigers · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Detroit Tigers: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.15 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#32 of 34 · $5 MI games
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#32 of 34 · $5 MI games
Detroit Tigers is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 0 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 84% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 3.65
odds of any win
0 of 3
$500K top prizes left
84%
claimed · 7.6M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 405,894 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 38,980 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.15 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.15 · 63.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
405,893 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
84% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.
9.1M
tickets printed
7.6M
tickets claimed · 84%
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
0%
Tickets left
16%
0% of top prizes remain with 16% 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 $5 MI peers
#32 of 34
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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