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Active$300,000,000 Extraordinaire · $50 · Michigan Lottery

$300,000,000 Extraordinaire: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $43.29 on average.

+5.9 pts vs launch#2 of 5 · $50 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM

$300,000,000 Extraordinaire is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 86.6%, up 5.9 percentage points from the launch value of 80.7%. 2 of the original 3 $6,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 73% of the 8.4M printed tickets have been sold.

86.6%
expected return
1 in 3.10
odds of any win
2 of 3
$6M jackpots left
73%
claimed · 6.1M of 8.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 743,847 winning tickets still unclaimed.

18 win more than $50
$100 or $150 or $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 70 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $43.29 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $50 – $500
$37.47 · 74.9% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.62 · 1.2% of price
Jackpots $6M+
$5.20 · 10.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
76.2%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.3M carry the $6M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
743,750 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

73% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there

Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.

8.4M
tickets printed
6.1M
tickets claimed · 73%
2.3M
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
27%
67% of top prizes remain with only 27% 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 $50 MI peers
#2 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM.
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