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Average valueActiveDetroit Tigers · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Detroit Tigers: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.49 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#21 of 34 · $5 MI games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#21 of 34 · $5 MI games
Detroit Tigers is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 69.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
69.8%
expected return
1 in 3.65
odds of any win
1 of 3
$500K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 7.6M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 415,459 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 35,260 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.49 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.16 · 63.2% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.33 · 6.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
415,457 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.
9.1M
tickets printed
7.6M
tickets claimed · 83%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
17%
33% of top prizes remain with only 17% 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
#21 of 34
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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