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Average valueActiveColossal Cashword · $30 · Michigan Lottery
Colossal Cashword: Average value. A $30 ticket pays back $20.42 on average.
▼ -10.3 pts vs launch#10 of 10 · $30 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
▼ -10.3 pts vs launch#10 of 10 · $30 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
Colossal Cashword is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.1%, down 10.3 percentage points from the launch value of 78.4%. 0 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 96% of the 5.0M printed tickets have been sold.
68.1%
expected return
1 in 3.44
odds of any win
0 of 3
$2M jackpots left
96%
claimed · 4.8M of 5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 51,729 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $30
$50 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 277 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $20.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $600
$20.22 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $10K
$0.20 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.1%
Just 0 tickets out of 178k carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $600 wins
51,723 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
96% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2023.
5M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 96%
178k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
4%
0% of top prizes remain with 4% 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 $30 MI peers
#10 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM.
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