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Strong valueActiveMillionaire Maker · $50 · Michigan Lottery
Millionaire Maker: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.56 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 5 · $50 MI games
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 5 · $50 MI games
Millionaire Maker is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.1%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 80.6%. 1 of the original 2 $6,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 42% of the 7.7M printed tickets have been sold.
81.1%
expected return
1 in 3.19
odds of any win
1 of 2
$6M jackpots left
42%
claimed · 3.2M of 7.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,406,575 winning tickets still unclaimed.
30 win more than $50
$75 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 87 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $40.56 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $500
$36.78 · 73.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.44 · 0.9% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$3.34 · 6.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.4%
Just 10 tickets out of 4.5M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$75 – $500 wins
1,404,920 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
42% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
7.7M
tickets printed
3.2M
tickets claimed · 42%
4.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
58%
50% of top prizes remain with 58% 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 $50 MI peers
#4 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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