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Strong valueActiveMega Cash · $20 · Michigan Lottery
Mega Cash: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $16.13 on average.
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#6 of 19 · $20 MI games
▲ +2.0 pts vs launch#6 of 19 · $20 MI games
Mega Cash is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.7%, up 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 78.6%. 3 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 6.3M printed tickets have been sold.
80.7%
expected return
1 in 4.28
odds of any win
3 of 3
$2M jackpots left
29%
claimed · 1.9M of 6.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,036,546 winning tickets still unclaimed.
23 win more than $20
$40 – $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 630 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $16.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $40 – $500
$13.97 · 69.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.81 · 4.1% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.35 · 6.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.9%
Just 3 tickets out of 4.4M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$40 – $500 wins
1,034,315 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
6.3M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 29%
4.4M
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
71%
100% of top prizes remain with only 71% 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 $20 MI peers
#6 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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