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Exceptional valueActiveStrike It Rich · $20 · Michigan Lottery
Strike It Rich: Exceptional value. A $20 ticket pays back $17.87 on average.
▲ +11.0 pts vs launch#2 of 19 · $20 MI games
▲ +11.0 pts vs launch#2 of 19 · $20 MI games
Strike It Rich is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 89.4%, up 11.0 percentage points from the launch value of 78.3%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 82% of the 6.8M printed tickets have been sold.
89.4%
expected return
1 in 3.68
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
82%
claimed · 5.6M of 6.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 331,810 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$30 – $300, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,427 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $17.87 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.50 · 72.5% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $10K
$0.09 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$3.28 · 16.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
73.0%
Just 2 tickets out of 1.2M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
331,790 winning tickets remain in this range: 81% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
82% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
6.8M
tickets printed
5.6M
tickets claimed · 82%
1.2M
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
18%
67% of top prizes remain with only 18% 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
#2 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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