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Decent valueActiveWin $100, $200 or $500 · $20 · Michigan Lottery
Win $100, $200 or $500: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.44 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#16 of 19 · $20 MI games
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#16 of 19 · $20 MI games
Win $100, $200 or $500 is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.2%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 77.3%. 6,150 of the original 22,045 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 8.3M printed tickets have been sold.
77.2%
expected return
1 in 8.11
odds of any win
6,150 of 22,045
$500 top prizes left
72%
claimed · 5.9M of 8.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 288,471 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $20
$100 or $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
88 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 380 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $500
$15.44 · 77.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $500 wins
288,471 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
8.3M
tickets printed
5.9M
tickets claimed · 72%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
28%
Tickets left
28%
28% of top prizes remain with 28% 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
#16 of 19
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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