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Decent valueActiveDetroit Tigers · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Detroit Tigers: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.75 on average.
▲ +5.0 pts vs launch#1 of 32 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:31 PM
▲ +5.0 pts vs launch#1 of 32 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:31 PM
Detroit Tigers is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.0%, up 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 2 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 81% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
75.0%
expected return
1 in 3.65
odds of any win
2 of 3
$500K top prizes left
81%
claimed · 7.3M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 485,662 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 34,753 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.75 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.18 · 63.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.57 · 11.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
485,659 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
81% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.
9.1M
tickets printed
7.3M
tickets claimed · 81%
1.8M
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
19%
67% of top prizes remain with only 19% 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
#1 of 32
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 31, 2026, 12:31 PM.
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