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Poor valueActiveGift Tag Greetings · $1 · Michigan Lottery
Gift Tag Greetings: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
Gift Tag Greetings is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 132 of the original 400 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 10.7M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.66
odds of any win
132 of 400
$500 top prizes left
58%
claimed · 6.2M of 10.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 971,250 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $50, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 34,285 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.58 · 58.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
971,250 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
58% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
10.7M
tickets printed
6.2M
tickets claimed · 58%
4.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
42%
33% of top prizes remain with 42% 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 $1 MI peers
#6 of 9
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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