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Strong valueActiveMax $ · $30 · Michigan Lottery
Max $: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.89 on average.
▲ +2.7 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $30 MI games
▲ +2.7 pts vs launch#2 of 10 · $30 MI games
Max $ is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 83.0%, up 2.7 percentage points from the launch value of 80.2%. 3 of the original 3 $4,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 30% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
83.0%
expected return
1 in 3.14
odds of any win
3 of 3
$4M jackpots left
30%
claimed · 1.8M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,336,043 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $30
$50 or $100 or $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 306 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.89 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$21.38 · 71.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $15K
$0.65 · 2.2% of price
Jackpots $4M+
$2.86 · 9.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.4%
Just 3 tickets out of 4.2M carry the $4M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
1,334,222 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
30% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2025.
6M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 30%
4.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
70%
100% of top prizes remain with only 70% 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 $30 MI peers
#2 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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