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Weak valueActiveWild Time Series · $2 · Michigan Lottery
Wild Time Series: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.26 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 18 · $2 MI games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#2 of 18 · $2 MI games
Wild Time Series is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.0%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 63.0%. 5 of the original 5 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 3% of the 10.5M printed tickets have been sold.
63.0%
expected return
1 in 4.74
odds of any win
5 of 5
$50K top prizes left
3%
claimed · 299k of 10.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,148,842 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 56,274 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.26 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.24 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $50K
$0.02 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
2,148,837 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
3% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
10.5M
tickets printed
299k
tickets claimed · 3%
10.2M
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
97%
100% of top prizes remain with only 97% 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
#2 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data.
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