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Strong valueActiveTwo Million Dollar Cashword · $30 · Michigan Lottery
Two Million Dollar Cashword: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.27 on average.
▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $30 MI games
▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#7 of 10 · $30 MI games
Two Million Dollar Cashword is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.9%, up 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 79.5%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 49% of the 3.9M printed tickets have been sold.
80.9%
expected return
1 in 3.44
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
49%
claimed · 1.9M of 3.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 584,217 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $30
$50 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 237 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $600
$22.05 · 73.5% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $10K
$0.23 · 0.8% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.99 · 6.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 2M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $600 wins
584,134 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
49% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
3.9M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 49%
2M
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
51%
67% of top prizes remain with only 51% 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 $30 MI peers
#7 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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