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Weak valueActiveSapphire Blue Wild Time · $2 · Michigan Lottery
Sapphire Blue Wild Time: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.24 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#13 of 17 · $2 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#13 of 17 · $2 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
Sapphire Blue Wild Time is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 3 of the original 6 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 58% of the 15.9M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.59
odds of any win
3 of 6
$30K top prizes left
58%
claimed · 9.2M of 15.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,468,354 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 37,440 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.24 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.23 · 61.3% of price
Mid prizes $30K
$0.01 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
1,468,351 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
58% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2023.
15.9M
tickets printed
9.2M
tickets claimed · 58%
6.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
42%
50% of top prizes remain with only 42% 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 $2 MI peers
#13 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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