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Decent valueActiveWild Cherry · $10 · Michigan Lottery
Wild Cherry: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.55 on average.
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#23 of 27 · $10 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▼ -0.7 pts vs launch#23 of 27 · $10 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
Wild Cherry is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.5%, down 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 76.2%. 1 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 66% of the 7.0M printed tickets have been sold.
75.5%
expected return
1 in 3.77
odds of any win
1 of 3
$1M jackpots left
66%
claimed · 4.6M of 7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 633,745 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,817 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$7.03 · 70.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.10 · 1.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.42 · 4.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.3%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.4M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
633,660 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
66% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2024.
7M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 66%
2.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
34%
33% of top prizes remain with 34% 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 $10 MI peers
#23 of 27
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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