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Poor valueActiveHoliday Colors · $1 · Michigan Lottery
Holiday Colors: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
▼ -3.0 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
Holiday Colors 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%. 138 of the original 400 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 54% of the 10.2M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.66
odds of any win
138 of 400
$500 top prizes left
54%
claimed · 5.5M of 10.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,004,732 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $1
$2 – $50, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 33,930 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
1,004,732 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
54% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
10.2M
tickets printed
5.5M
tickets claimed · 54%
4.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
35%
Tickets left
46%
35% of top prizes remain with 46% 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
#4 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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