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Exceptional valueActive500X Money Maker · $50 · Michigan Lottery
500X Money Maker: Exceptional value. A $50 ticket pays back $61.08 on average.
▲ +41.3 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $50 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▲ +41.3 pts vs launch#1 of 5 · $50 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
500X Money Maker is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 122.2%, up 41.3 percentage points from the launch value of 80.9%. 1 of the original 3 $6,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 97% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
122.2%
expected return
1 in 3.43
odds of any win
1 of 3
$6M jackpots left
97%
claimed · 7.7M of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 70,409 winning tickets still unclaimed.
28 win more than $50
$75 – $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 145 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $61.08 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $75 – $500
$35.68 · 71.4% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.64 · 1.3% of price
Jackpots $6M+
$24.76 · 49.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.6%
Just 1 ticket out of 242k carry the $6M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$75 – $500 wins
70,386 winning tickets remain in this range: 58% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
97% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2023.
8M
tickets printed
7.7M
tickets claimed · 97%
242k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
3%
33% of top prizes remain with only 3% 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
#1 of 5
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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