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Decent valueActiveBonus Star Millions · $10 · Michigan Lottery
Bonus Star Millions: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.63 on average.
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#18 of 27 · $10 MI gamesUpdated Jun 9, 2026, 12:32 AM
▲ +0.1 pts vs launch#18 of 27 · $10 MI gamesUpdated Jun 9, 2026, 12:32 AM
Bonus Star Millions is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.3%, up 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 76.2%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 38% of the 7.2M printed tickets have been sold.
76.3%
expected return
1 in 3.70
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
38%
claimed · 2.8M of 7.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,199,491 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 13,655 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.63 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$7.17 · 71.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.01 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.45 · 4.5% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.8%
Just 2 tickets out of 4.4M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,199,459 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
38% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2024.
7.2M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 38%
4.4M
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
62%
67% of top prizes remain with only 62% 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 $10 MI peers
#18 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 9, 2026, 12:32 AM.
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