Michigan Lottery celebrates 50th Anniversary with release of $50 scratch-off ticket

Comment #18

LottoNoobie — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:54:57 GMT

Someone already claimed a top-prize amount. There's only two more left.

Comment #17

pstfleur — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 02:44:11 GMT

At first I was going to say it's not worth it, but the second chance option makes it more appealing.

Comment #16

AriesBaby65 — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:48:20 GMT

That's a typo. There are 100 second-tier prizes of $50,000. Pretty lousy for a 50 year anniversary . I'll buy a ticket but just not as many. 2nd prizes should've been $100,000.

Comment #15

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 02:34:42 GMT

I may have to take a trip to my home state and grab a ticket

Comment #14

cottoneyedjoe — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:41:40 GMT

I've seen people at the gas station buy $100 worth of low-dollar scratchers. Not much difference between doing that and buying a single high-dollar scratcher.

Comment #13

redaxe — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:18:22 GMT

Isn't the MUSL a non-profit? Seems kinda odd (no pun intended) Their services are provided at no cost.

I get all the points mentioned above, but I can't help but picture somebody with only 50 bucks spending it on this hoping to win and losing instead of something like food or gas.

Comment #12

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:04:31 GMT

You seem to be forgetting that the lotteries are a business, and like any business, they are in business for what? Charity? No, they are in business to make money, not lose money. No one is forcing people to buy anything they don't want to buy, including lottery tickets. I would never put down any entity for making as much profit (legally) as possible. Why be in any kind of business to lose money?

As far as the $100 tickets, if there is a market for them, ie:if people buy them, then the lott... [ More ]

Comment #11

Todd — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:32:28 GMT

Are you saying that the lottery should not offer expensive tickets to people who want to buy them

Comment #10

spencerjames — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 06:13:45 GMT

I certainly would not second your good job Michigan . It's just disgusting how greedy these lotteries have gotten.

The Texas $100 game seems to be quite popular as people fall in love with a $25 mlion dollar prize they won't win. While people are saying it, it is a horrible game. Payback minus top tier prizes at about 60% means you lose, on average $40 a ticket. Ouch. This game makes the state of Texas a profit of over $208 million dollars. Absolutely disgusting

Comment #9

noise-gate — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 04:17:10 GMT

$50.00 for $6 mil?

Check this out!

$30

Set For Life! Millionaire Edition (1505)

Top Prize $20,000,000Odds of winning any prize: 1 in 3.22

* Prizes Odds 1 in Prizes Remaining

$20,000,000 3,019,380 2 of 4

Comment #8

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 01:25:15 GMT

Yeah...4 times a day, including jackpot game All or Nothing. That was all about one thing. Getting people to spend more money. I will say that it is practically impossible to play 4 times a day and win more than you spend.

Comment #7

Bleudog101 — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:38:26 GMT

It seems interesting that your pick 3 and pick 4 are drawn four times/day EXCEPT Sundays. Guess that's to appease certain folks? Anyway LP says you guys still have Mechanical Ball Drawings. Ours changed to crappy RNG and you should see the LOW payouts--especially pick four.

We have a similar problem with the Legislature not voting for sports betting again last session. I think KY has six 'gaming' sites, and like stack47 and myself say, the machines look and act just like regular slot machines... [ More ]

Comment #6

LottoNoobie — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:26:25 GMT

I'm more of a numbers guy with the exception of the $2 Triple 333 ticket. The only way I'll purchase one of these tickets is if I win $100 on the Daily Spin to Win game

Comment #5

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:34:54 GMT

Fast Play kind of games aren't Tx Lottery type of games. One of my biggest complaints about TX is the jackpots aren't that great for the odds of the games.

The Legislature nonsense got started with a State Rep from Southlake (just a few miles from where I live, and used to sell furniture) which is a very affluent city. In fact, a Lotto Texas jackpot was won there maybe 10 years ago or so. Can't recall the Reps' name but it was several years ago that he decided the lottery was bad for the cit... [ More ]

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:19:37 GMT

Great story Kate. Nice prizes too.

rcbbuckeye just looked up your lottery...no Fast Play? Ours in KY is the highest of all states that offer this. Just over $1.02 million. I play the $20 on occasion, today won $100 and gave a $5 tip to the three employees there..better than nothing. Anyway the reason I go for the most expensive one is because if the RNG awards you the top prize, they add $250K as well. The cheaper tickets pay proportionally less, of course and no bonus offered.

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Comment #3

sully16 — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:17:40 GMT

Yikes , I think I might splurge, not something I would do on a regular basis.

Comment #2

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 21:08:39 GMT

Just looked it up. On the $100 game there hasn't been any top prizes ($20 million) claimed yet.

3 of the 25 $100,000 prizes have been claimed.

Personally, I rarely play scratchers. Generally there aren't very many top prizes in those games, and Texas is a really big state. $20 million prize sounds good until you realize just how much territory those 4 prizes could be lurking. But, scratchers outsell traditional lottery tickets. I think it's more about instant gratification than waiting for... [ More ]

Comment #1

Mata Garbo — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:37:05 GMT

3 top prizes of 6 million certainly gets your attention. But I think I would be playing for one of the $500,000 prizes, since there are 100 of them out there. Good job by Michigan. If anyone knows, I would be curious as to how the $100 scratch-offs in Texas have been doing. Whether it has been a boom or a bust.

Michigan Lottery celebrates 50th Anniversary with release of $50 scratch-off ticket

Lottery Post — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:10:37 GMT

Big-ticket price offers players a big-ticket prize

By Kate Northrop

This week, the Michigan Lottery celebrated its 50th year in operation with its first-ever $50 scratch-off ticket to match.

The Michigan Lottery's newest and most expensive ticket is now available at retailers, and it's offering a top prize that Michigan players have never seen come from an in-state instant game before.

$300,000,000 Diamond Riches is Michigan's first $50 scratch-off game, offering over $300,000,... [ More ]