MI · #603 · $1

Instant Numbers

Michigan· Launched Oct 2024· 673 days on shelf· scanned 37d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.59

USA percentile

17th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

3

$5,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-06-29

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Instant Numbers is a $1 scratch-off game from the Michigan (game #603). It launched in October 2024. As of the most recent daily scan, 3 top prizes of $5 remain unclaimed, as published by the Michigan. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.76. Our models put its expected value at 0.59 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.59 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.59 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.60% of $5,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 17th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

8 tiers · % remaining
$5K
3/5
60%
$100
382/707
$50
919/1.8K
$20
15.3K/28.3K
$10
89.1K/162.9K
$5
168.0K/304.4K
$2
420.9K/743.5K
$1
568.0K/991.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $3.55M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 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 · 17th
USA: 17th percentileMI: 6th 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

Price vs EV — MI field

118 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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