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Poor valueActiveTHE MILLION · $30 · Wisconsin Lottery
THE MILLION: Poor value. A $30 ticket pays back $17.84 on average.
▼ -13.5 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $30 WI gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▼ -13.5 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $30 WI gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
THE MILLION is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Wisconsin state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.5%, down 13.5 percentage points from the launch value of 73.0%. 0 of the original 2 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 0% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
59.5%
expected return
1 in 3.2
odds of any win
0 of 2
$1M jackpots left
0%
claimed · 6 of 482k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 154,160 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $30
$50 – $200, an actual profit
20 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 317 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $17.84 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$17.06 · 56.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.78 · 2.6% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
59.5%
Just 0 tickets out of 482k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
154,002 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
0% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
482k
tickets printed
6
tickets claimed · 0%
482k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
100%
0% of top prizes remain with 100% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Wisconsin Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $30 WI peers
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Wisconsin Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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