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Average valueActiveCash Vault · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Cash Vault: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.54 on average.
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#11 of 34 · $5 MI games
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#11 of 34 · $5 MI games
Cash Vault is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.8%, up 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 70.4%. 3 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 6.3M printed tickets have been sold.
70.8%
expected return
1 in 4.13
odds of any win
3 of 3
$500K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 646k of 6.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,366,563 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 26,496 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.54 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.27 · 65.5% of price
Mid prizes $500K
$0.27 · 5.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,366,560 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
10% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
6.3M
tickets printed
646k
tickets claimed · 10%
5.6M
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
90%
100% of top prizes remain with only 90% 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
#11 of 34
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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