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Average valueActiveLucky Stars · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Lucky Stars: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.67 on average.
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#2 of 34 · $5 MI games
▲ +0.4 pts vs launch#2 of 34 · $5 MI games
Lucky Stars is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.4%, up 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 39% of the 6.2M printed tickets have been sold.
73.4%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
39%
claimed · 2.4M of 6.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 948,998 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 88,063 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.67 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.14 · 62.7% of price
Mid prizes $3K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.53 · 10.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
62.8%
Just 2 tickets out of 3.8M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
948,989 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
39% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
6.2M
tickets printed
2.4M
tickets claimed · 39%
3.8M
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
61%
67% of top prizes remain with only 61% 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
#2 of 34
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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