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Average valueActiveFireball Bingo · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Fireball Bingo: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.53 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#8 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#8 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
Fireball Bingo is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.6%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.4%. 3 of the original 3 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 12% of the 6.6M printed tickets have been sold.
70.6%
expected return
1 in 3.9
odds of any win
3 of 3
$300K top prizes left
12%
claimed · 811k of 6.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,467,785 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 25,301 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.34 · 66.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $300K
$0.19 · 3.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,467,714 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
12% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
6.6M
tickets printed
811k
tickets claimed · 12%
5.8M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
88%
100% of top prizes remain with only 88% 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
#8 of 31
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 13, 2026.
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