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Poor valueActiveHIT $50 · $1 · Michigan Lottery
HIT $50: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.57 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
HIT $50 is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 61.0%. 1 of the original 4 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 10.5M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 4.92
odds of any win
1 of 4
$500 top prizes left
77%
claimed · 8.1M of 10.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 488,429 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $1
$2 – $50, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
80 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,402,421 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.57 · 57.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
488,429 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2023.
10.5M
tickets printed
8.1M
tickets claimed · 77%
2.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
23%
25% of top prizes remain with only 23% 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
#8 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM.
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