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Average valueActiveSpectacular Wild Time · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Spectacular Wild Time: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.55 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#7 of 33 · $5 MI games
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#7 of 33 · $5 MI games
Spectacular Wild Time is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.0%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 2 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 65% of the 12.6M printed tickets have been sold.
71.0%
expected return
1 in 3.63
odds of any win
2 of 3
$500K top prizes left
65%
claimed · 8.2M of 12.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,216,474 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 37,102 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.30 · 66.1% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $500K
$0.25 · 4.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,216,465 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
65% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
12.6M
tickets printed
8.2M
tickets claimed · 65%
4.4M
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
35%
67% of top prizes remain with only 35% 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
#7 of 33
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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