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Poor valueActiveLucky Dog · $1 · Michigan Lottery
Lucky Dog: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $1 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
Lucky Dog is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 60.0%. 1 of the original 3 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 65% of the 10.7M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.60
odds of any win
1 of 3
$5K top prizes left
65%
claimed · 6.9M of 10.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 817,164 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $1
$2 – $50, an actual profit
8 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 3,758,247 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 – $50
$0.58 · 57.9% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $50 wins
817,163 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
65% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2024.
10.7M
tickets printed
6.9M
tickets claimed · 65%
3.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
35%
33% of top prizes remain with 35% 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
#5 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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