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Average valueActiveBack To The Future · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Back To The Future: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.55 on average.
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#9 of 34 · $5 MI games
▲ +0.8 pts vs launch#9 of 34 · $5 MI games
Back To The Future is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.0%, up 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 3 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 8.1M printed tickets have been sold.
71.0%
expected return
1 in 4.02
odds of any win
3 of 3
$500K top prizes left
25%
claimed · 2M of 8.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,501,040 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $5
$10 – $88, an actual profit
9 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 29,727 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.30 · 66.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.25 · 5.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,501,030 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
25% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
8.1M
tickets printed
2M
tickets claimed · 25%
6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
75%
100% of top prizes remain with only 75% 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
#9 of 34
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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