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Decent valueActiveTwo Million Dollar Cashword · $30 · Michigan Lottery
Two Million Dollar Cashword: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.81 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $30 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $30 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
Two Million Dollar Cashword is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 79.5%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 32% of the 3.9M printed tickets have been sold.
79.4%
expected return
1 in 3.44
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
32%
claimed · 1.3M of 3.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 770,413 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 $23.81 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $600
$22.08 · 73.6% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $10K
$0.22 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.51 · 5.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.6M 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
770,307 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
32% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
3.9M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 32%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
68%
67% of top prizes remain with 68% 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
#9 of 10
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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