Holiday Colors costs $1 a ticket from the Michigan Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $500 prize now runs about 1 in 33,747 by our estimate, against 1 in 25,480 at launch. It pays back about $0.61 per $1 on average, in line with Michigan's other $1 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 25K at launch, about 1 in 34K now. The $500 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- A leaner 21% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.66), below most games.
- A reasonable chunk of the top and mid-tier prizes are still available, though not the majority.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 400 | 134 | 34% |
| $50 | 1,042 | 372 | 36% |
| $20 | 13,616 | 5,229 | 38% |
| $10 | 142,506 | 56,785 | 40% |
| $5 | 400,530 | 166,044 | 41% |
| $2 | 644,888 | 286,838 | 44% |
| $1 | 984,162 | 455,018 | 46% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 16 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 134. The most recent was on August 1.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for Michigan's $1 games (0.4% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Michigan
- Game Number
- 0723
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 10/28/2025
- Payout %
- 61.1%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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Every $1 ticket in Michigan
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy as...1-2-3 | 27 | 1 in 4.57 | 61.1% | $5K · 2 | 0.2% |
| Gift Tag Greetings | 22 | 1 in 4.66 | 61.0% | $500 · 132 | 0.0% |
| Holiday Colors (this game) | 21 | 1 in 4.66 | 61.1% | $500 · 134 | 0.1% |
| $5,000 Cash Multiplier | 18 | 1 in 4.80 | 61.3% | $5K · 3 | 0.0% |
| Pocket Change | 14 | 1 in 4.67 | 60.9% | $500 · 14 | 1.5% |
| 5X | 14 | 1 in 4.77 | 61.0% | $5K · 2 | 0.0% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.