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Poor valueActiveSafe Cracker Cashword · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Safe Cracker Cashword: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.99 on average.
▼ -10.2 pts vs launch#31 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▼ -10.2 pts vs launch#31 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
Safe Cracker Cashword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.8%, down 10.2 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 0 of the original 3 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 10.5M printed tickets have been sold.
59.8%
expected return
1 in 3.67
odds of any win
0 of 3
$300K top prizes left
93%
claimed · 9.8M of 10.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 190,210 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 14,541 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.99 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.98 · 59.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $300K
$0.01 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
190,203 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2024.
10.5M
tickets printed
9.8M
tickets claimed · 93%
698k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
7%
0% of top prizes remain with 7% 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
#31 of 31
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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