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Average valueActive$500,000 Winter Ice · $5 · Michigan Lottery
$500,000 Winter Ice: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.50 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#18 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:30 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#18 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:30 PM
$500,000 Winter Ice is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 2 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 4.4M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
1 of 2
$500K top prizes left
66%
claimed · 2.9M of 4.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 369,709 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 187,178 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.17 · 63.3% of price
Mid prizes $500K
$0.33 · 6.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
369,708 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2023.
4.4M
tickets printed
2.9M
tickets claimed · 66%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
34%
50% of top prizes remain with only 34% 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 $5 MI peers
#18 of 31
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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