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Poor valueActive$5,000 Cash Multiplier · $1 · Michigan Lottery
$5,000 Cash Multiplier: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:30 PM
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:30 PM
$5,000 Cash Multiplier is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 3 of the original 5 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 10.1M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.80
odds of any win
3 of 5
$5K top prizes left
77%
claimed · 7.7M of 10.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 488,826 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $50, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 781,800 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $50
$0.57 · 57.4% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.01 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $50 wins
488,823 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2024.
10.1M
tickets printed
7.7M
tickets claimed · 77%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
23%
60% of top prizes remain with only 23% 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 $1 MI peers
#7 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:30 PM.
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