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Strong valueActive$150,000,000 Spectacular · $30 · Michigan Lottery
$150,000,000 Spectacular: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.03 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $30 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $30 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
$150,000,000 Spectacular is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.1%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 79.5%. 2 of the original 3 $4,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 40% of the 7.2M printed tickets have been sold.
80.1%
expected return
1 in 3.97
odds of any win
2 of 3
$4M jackpots left
40%
claimed · 2.9M of 7.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,096,998 winning tickets still unclaimed.
25 win more than $30
$50 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 709 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.03 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $600
$21.85 · 72.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.34 · 1.1% of price
Jackpots $4M+
$1.84 · 6.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.0%
Just 2 tickets out of 4.4M carry the $4M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $600 wins
1,096,327 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
40% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2024.
7.2M
tickets printed
2.9M
tickets claimed · 40%
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
60%
67% of top prizes remain with only 60% 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 $30 MI peers
#8 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM.
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