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Weak valueActiveSeason's Greetings · $2 · Michigan Lottery
Season's Greetings: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.25 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#6 of 17 · $2 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#6 of 17 · $2 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
Season's Greetings is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.5%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.5%. 3 of the original 3 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 54% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
62.5%
expected return
1 in 4.46
odds of any win
3 of 3
$10K top prizes left
54%
claimed · 4.9M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 943,728 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $2
$5 – $100, an actual profit
9 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 601,350 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.25 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.24 · 62.0% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.01 · 0.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
943,721 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
54% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
9.1M
tickets printed
4.9M
tickets claimed · 54%
4.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
46%
100% of top prizes remain with only 46% 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
#6 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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