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Average valueActiveSpectacular Wild Time · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Spectacular Wild Time: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.54 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#10 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#10 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
Spectacular Wild Time is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.8%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 2 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 59% of the 12.6M printed tickets have been sold.
70.8%
expected return
1 in 3.63
odds of any win
2 of 3
$500K top prizes left
59%
claimed · 7.4M of 12.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,433,980 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
11 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 36,396 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.32 · 66.4% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $500K
$0.22 · 4.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,433,967 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
59% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
12.6M
tickets printed
7.4M
tickets claimed · 59%
5.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
41%
67% of top prizes remain with only 41% 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
#10 of 31
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:31 PM.
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