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Average valueActiveWild Time Bingo · $5 · Michigan Lottery
Wild Time Bingo: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.43 on average.
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#28 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#28 of 31 · $5 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM
Wild Time Bingo is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.6%, down 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.2%. 1 of the original 3 $300,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 93% of the 6.9M printed tickets have been sold.
68.6%
expected return
1 in 3.93
odds of any win
1 of 3
$300K top prizes left
93%
claimed · 6.4M of 6.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 122,482 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 60,149 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.43 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.80 · 56.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $300K
$0.63 · 12.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
122,480 winning tickets remain in this range: 82% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
93% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2024.
6.9M
tickets printed
6.4M
tickets claimed · 93%
481k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
7%
33% of top prizes remain with only 7% 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 $5 MI peers
#28 of 31
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:32 PM.
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