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Average valueActiveLucky Stars · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Lucky Stars: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.56 on average.
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#6 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:30 PM
▼ -1.8 pts vs launch#6 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:30 PM
Lucky Stars is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.2%, down 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 21% of the 6.2M printed tickets have been sold.
71.2%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
21%
claimed · 1.3M of 6.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,239,979 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 86,802 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.56 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 $3K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.40 · 8.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
63.1%
Just 2 tickets out of 4.9M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,239,970 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
21% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
6.2M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 21%
4.9M
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
79%
67% of top prizes remain with 79% 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
#6 of 31
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:30 PM.
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