Holiday Colors — $1 Michigan Scratch-Off #0723
Holiday Colors (#0723) is a $1 Michigan scratch-off launched on October 28, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #85 of 107 active games on current payout (64.3%, $0.64 expected back per ticket) and #2 of 6 $1 games, #69 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.19) and #6 on top-prize odds (1 in 30,500). Since launch the payout has risen 3.2 points (61.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 11.2% (1 in 4.66 at launch). 133 of 400 top prizes of $500 remain, and we estimate 4,056,439 tickets are still unsold (60.2% sold). That is below average for Michigan; the Michigan ranking lists show better payouts, including at $1.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Holiday Colors, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other Michigan game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 967,562 of 2,187,144 prizes (44.2%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 | 1 in 25,480 | 1 in 30,500 | 400 | 267 | 133 | 33.3% |
| $50 | 1 in 9,781 | 1 in 10,963 | 1,042 | 672 | 370 | 35.5% |
| $20 | 1 in 748.5 | 1 in 777.2 | 13,616 | 8,397 | 5,219 | 38.3% |
| $10 | 1 in 71.5 | 1 in 71.6 | 142,506 | 85,883 | 56,623 | 39.7% |
| $5 | 1 in 25.4 | 1 in 24.5 | 400,530 | 235,000 | 165,530 | 41.3% |
| $2 | 1 in 15.8 | 1 in 14.2 | 644,888 | 358,861 | 286,027 | 44.4% |
| $1 | 1 in 10.4 | 1 in 8.94 | 984,162 | 530,502 | 453,660 | 46.1% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.66 | 1 in 4.19 | 2,187,144 | 1,219,582 | 967,562 | 44.2% |
How Holiday Colors has moved
Holiday Colors: common questions
- How many $500 prizes are left in Holiday Colors?
- 133 of 400 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 30,500.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Holiday Colors?
- 1 in 4.19 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.66 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.19, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 7.89.
- Is Holiday Colors worth buying?
- Its current payout is 64.3% ($0.64 back per $1 ticket), rank #85 of 107 in Michigan. The best $1 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Pocket Change (#0741, $1) at 64.6%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Holiday Colors tickets are left?
- We estimate 4,056,439 of roughly 10,192,091 printed tickets are unsold (60.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Holiday Colors launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on October 28, 2025. It is still on sale.
Other $1 Michigan scratch-offs
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- Gift Tag Greetings — 62.9% payout, 1 in 4.32 any prize
- Easy as...1-2-3 — 62.9% payout, 1 in 4.36 any prize
- 5X — 61.9% payout, 1 in 4.37 any prize
- $5,000 Cash Multiplier — 48.5% payout, 1 in 5.76 any prize