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Average valueActiveIn The Money · $5 · Michigan Lottery
In The Money: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.57 on average.
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#7 of 34 · $5 MI games
▲ +1.2 pts vs launch#7 of 34 · $5 MI games
In The Money is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, up 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 3 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 24% of the 6.3M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 4.13
odds of any win
3 of 3
$500K top prizes left
24%
claimed · 1.5M of 6.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,154,582 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 47,210 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $600
$3.25 · 65.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.32 · 6.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $600 wins
1,154,562 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
24% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
6.3M
tickets printed
1.5M
tickets claimed · 24%
4.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
76%
100% of top prizes remain with only 76% 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
#7 of 34
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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