In The Money
Michigan· Launched Jul 2026· 110 days on shelf· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.72
USA percentile
71th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
3
$500,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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In The Money is a $5 scratch-off game from the Michigan lottery (game #747). It launched in July 2026. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $500,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the Michigan lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.13. Our models put its expected value at 0.72 per dollar, returning about $0.72 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 4 of 31 $5 games on sale in Michigan.
THE THESIS
At 0.72 EV/$, this game ranks 4 of 31 same-price games on sale in Michigan (median 0.70).
- 1.100% of $500,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 71st percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
12 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $15.75M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 active gamesWhere 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.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
Price vs EV — MI field
126 games · break-even highlighted2 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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
In The Money: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 3 of the 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 12 prize levels the lottery reports, 1,062,043 of 1,523,414 prizes (70%) remain.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.59 on average (0.72 per dollar), which ranks 4 of 31 $5 games on sale in Michigan, above the $5 median of 0.70. Among every Michigan game with a computable value it is 67 of 126; nationally it sits in the 71th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 86,170 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the Michigan lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a MI game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.