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Strong valueActiveKing Cashword · $20 · Michigan Lottery
King Cashword: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $16.21 on average.
▲ +2.6 pts vs launch#5 of 17 · $20 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▲ +2.6 pts vs launch#5 of 17 · $20 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
King Cashword is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.0%, up 2.6 percentage points from the launch value of 78.5%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 4.6M printed tickets have been sold.
81.0%
expected return
1 in 3.28
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
66%
claimed · 3M of 4.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 480,676 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $20
$30 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,231 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $16.21 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$14.75 · 73.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.19 · 0.9% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.27 · 6.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.7%
Just 2 tickets out of 1.6M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
480,425 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
4.6M
tickets printed
3M
tickets claimed · 66%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
34%
67% of top prizes remain with only 34% 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 $20 MI peers
#5 of 17
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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