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Average valueActiveJungle Cashword · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Jungle Cashword: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.59 on average.
▲ +1.6 pts vs launch#4 of 32 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:31 PM
▲ +1.6 pts vs launch#4 of 32 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jul 31, 2026, 12:31 PM
Jungle Cashword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.8%, up 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 3 of the original 3 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 63% of the 10.2M printed tickets have been sold.
71.8%
expected return
1 in 3.70
odds of any win
3 of 3
$300K top prizes left
63%
claimed · 6.4M of 10.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,008,534 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 109,738 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.59 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $100
$3.33 · 66.6% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $300K
$0.26 · 5.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $100 wins
1,008,500 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
63% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
10.2M
tickets printed
6.4M
tickets claimed · 63%
3.7M
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
37%
100% of top prizes remain with only 37% 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
#4 of 32
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 31, 2026, 12:31 PM.
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