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Decent valueActiveCash Train · $10 · Michigan Lottery
Cash Train: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.63 on average.
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#20 of 30 · $10 MI games
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#20 of 30 · $10 MI games
Cash Train is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.3%, down 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 77.0%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 6.0M printed tickets have been sold.
76.3%
expected return
1 in 3.63
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
28%
claimed · 1.7M of 6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,182,799 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 6,667 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
$7.12 · 71.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.05 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.47 · 4.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.6%
Just 2 tickets out of 4.3M 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
1,182,724 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
6M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 28%
4.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
72%
67% of top prizes remain with 72% 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
#20 of 30
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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