Pocket Change costs $1 a ticket from the Michigan Lottery. With a ValueScore of 14/100 (Poor), it is 5th of the 6 active $1 games in Michigan. It pays back about $0.61 per $1 on average, in line with Michigan's other $1 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Prizes hit less often here, roughly 21% per ticket (1 in 4.67).
- Most of this game's prizes are gone.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 51 | 14 | 27% |
| $100 | 557 | 141 | 25% |
| $50 | 5,048 | 1,304 | 26% |
| $20 | 33,665 | 8,559 | 25% |
| $10 | 279,746 | 74,047 | 26% |
| $5 | 514,875 | 142,645 | 28% |
| $2 | 1,096,991 | 325,536 | 30% |
| $1 | 1,667,927 | 520,863 | 31% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 25 $500 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 14. The most recent was on October 7.
- October 7, 20261 claimed · 14 left
- September 22, 20261 claimed · 15 left
- September 12, 20261 claimed · 16 left
- September 5, 20262 claimed · 17 left
- September 1, 20261 claimed · 19 left
- August 24, 20261 claimed · 20 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 22 times the average for Michigan's $1 games (0.1% 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
- 0741
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 1/6/2026
- Payout %
- 60.9%
- 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 | 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 (this game) | 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.