Instant Numbers — $1 Michigan Scratch-Off #0603
Instant Numbers (#0603) was a $1 Michigan scratch-off. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 58.3% payout ($0.58 expected back per ticket), 1 in 4.83 for any prize and 1 in 1,634,239 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 1.7 points (60.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 1.4% (1 in 4.76 at launch). 4 of 5 top prizes of $5,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 38.5% of its tickets had sold. Instant Numbers is no longer on sale in Michigan; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Instant Numbers, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 1,353,918 of 2,233,000 prizes (60.6%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 1 in 2,125,814 | 1 in 1,634,239 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 80.0% |
| $100 | 1 in 15,034 | 1 in 16,022 | 707 | 299 | 408 | 57.7% |
| $50 | 1 in 5,995 | 1 in 6,590 | 1,773 | 781 | 992 | 56.0% |
| $20 | 1 in 375.4 | 1 in 397.4 | 28,315 | 11,866 | 16,449 | 58.1% |
| $10 | 1 in 65.3 | 1 in 68.2 | 162,886 | 67,027 | 95,859 | 58.9% |
| $5 | 1 in 34.9 | 1 in 36.2 | 304,421 | 123,797 | 180,624 | 59.3% |
| $2 | 1 in 14.3 | 1 in 14.5 | 743,542 | 292,209 | 451,333 | 60.7% |
| $1 | 1 in 10.7 | 1 in 10.7 | 991,351 | 383,102 | 608,249 | 61.4% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.76 | 1 in 4.83 | 2,233,000 | 879,082 | 1,353,918 | 60.6% |
How Instant Numbers has moved
Instant Numbers: common questions
- How many $5,000 prizes are left in Instant Numbers?
- 4 of 5 as of September 22, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,634,239.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Instant Numbers?
- 1 in 4.83 today, compared with 1 in 4.76 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.83, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 8.77.
- Is Instant Numbers worth buying?
- Its current payout is 58.3% ($0.58 back per $1 ticket), rank #— of 105 in Michigan. The best $1 alternative today is Holiday Colors (#0723, $1) at 64.3%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Instant Numbers tickets are left?
- We estimate 6,536,955 of roughly 10,627,283 printed tickets are unsold (38.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Instant Numbers launch and is it still on sale?
- We first saw it on February 15, 2025. It has ended.
Other $1 Michigan scratch-offs
- Holiday Colors — 64.3% payout, 1 in 4.19 any prize
- Easy as...1-2-3 — 63.0% payout, 1 in 4.35 any prize
- Gift Tag Greetings — 62.9% payout, 1 in 4.32 any prize
- Pocket Change — 62.7% payout, 1 in 4.32 any prize
- 5X — 62.0% payout, 1 in 4.36 any prize