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Lucky Dog — $1 Michigan Scratch-Off #0650

Final figures from September 27, 2026 · launched June 4, 2024 · ended

Lucky Dog (#0650) was a $1 Michigan scratch-off launched on June 4, 2024. Its final figures, from September 27, 2026, were 61.0% payout ($0.61 expected back per ticket), 1 in 4.39 for any prize and 1 in 3,571,778 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 0.7 points (60.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 4.8% (1 in 4.60 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $5,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 66.6% of its tickets had sold. Lucky Dog is no longer on sale in Michigan; the figures below are final as of September 27, 2026.

Current payout
61.0%
60.3% at launch
Expected value
$0.61
per $1 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 4.39
1 in 4.60 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 4.39
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 7.11
win more than $1
$600+ odds
1 in 3,571,778
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
1 of 3
$5,000 each
Tickets remaining
33.4%
≈ 3,571,778 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Lucky Dog, 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, 813,704 of 2,328,028 prizes (35.0%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$5,000 1 in 3,569,643 1 in 3,571,778 3 2 1 33.3%
$50 1 in 9,962 1 in 10,694 1,075 741 334 31.1%
$20 1 in 751.5 1 in 774.3 14,251 9,638 4,613 32.4%
$10 1 in 125.0 1 in 128.8 85,691 57,966 27,725 32.4%
$5 1 in 19.5 1 in 19.9 549,503 370,253 179,250 32.6%
$2 1 in 13.0 1 in 12.3 821,023 530,859 290,164 35.3%
$1 1 in 12.5 1 in 11.5 856,482 544,865 311,617 36.4%
All prizes1 in 4.601 in 4.39 2,328,0281,514,324 813,70435.0%

How Lucky Dog has moved

60% 62% 64% Feb 2025Jun 2025Sep 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Lucky Dog. 121 daily readings.

Lucky Dog: common questions

How many $5,000 prizes are left in Lucky Dog?
1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 3,571,778.
What are the odds of winning anything on Lucky Dog?
1 in 4.39 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.60 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.39, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 7.11.
Is Lucky Dog worth buying?
Its current payout is 61.0% ($0.61 back per $1 ticket), rank #— 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 Lucky Dog tickets are left?
We estimate 3,571,778 of roughly 10,708,928 printed tickets are unsold (66.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Lucky Dog launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on June 4, 2024. It has ended.

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