MI · #747 · $5

In The Money

Michigan· Launched Jul 2026· 14 days on shelf· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.70

USA percentile

65th

of 1,955 games

Top prizes left

3

$500,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-07-21

Forecast sellout

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In The Money is a $5 scratch-off game from the Michigan (game #747). It launched in July 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $500 remain unclaimed, as published by the Michigan. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.13. Our models put its expected value at 0.70 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.70 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.70 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.100% of $500,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 65th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$500K
3/3
100%
$2K
20/21
$600
102/105
$200
500/534
$100
9.9K/10.5K
$50
23.0K/24.6K
$30
13.6K/14.5K
$25
271.9K/289.6K
$20
94.5K/100.7K
$15
130.0K/138.5K
$10
295.9K/314.8K
$5
593.9K/629.6K

Total unclaimed prize value: $20.82M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 1,955 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active MI games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
MI median0.75 EV/$
YOU · 65th
USA: 65th percentileMI: 38th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +579%

Trailing 7-day claim rate 579% above the 30-day mean — velocity accelerating.

Price vs EV — MI field

115 games · break-even highlighted
$0$15$30$520.000.350.701.33break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

2 other MI games above break-even at this time.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

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