Lucky No. 13 — $5 Michigan Scratch-Off #471
Lucky No. 13 (#471) was a $5 Michigan scratch-off. Its final figures, from April 8, 2025, were 69.1% payout ($3.45 expected back per ticket), 1 in 4.05 for any prize and 1 in 2,145,584 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 0.8 points (69.9% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.7% (1 in 4.02 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $500,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 76.5% of its tickets had sold. Lucky No. 13 is no longer on sale in Michigan; the figures below are final as of April 8, 2025.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Lucky No. 13, 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, 529,759 of 2,272,435 prizes (23.3%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 3,045,067 | 1 in 2,145,584 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33.3% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 913,519 | 1 in 1,072,792 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 19,859 | 1 in 22,350 | 460 | 364 | 96 | 20.9% |
| $100 | 1 in 814.3 | 1 in 870.4 | 11,218 | 8,753 | 2,465 | 22.0% |
| $50 | 1 in 56.7 | 1 in 60.5 | 161,064 | 125,600 | 35,464 | 22.0% |
| $20 | 1 in 20.0 | 1 in 21.0 | 456,503 | 354,260 | 102,243 | 22.4% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.5 | 1 in 12.7 | 730,243 | 561,204 | 169,039 | 23.1% |
| $5 | 1 in 10.0 | 1 in 9.73 | 912,934 | 692,485 | 220,449 | 24.1% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.02 | 1 in 4.05 | 2,272,435 | 1,742,676 | 529,759 | 23.3% |
How Lucky No. 13 has moved
Lucky No. 13: common questions
- How many $500,000 prizes are left in Lucky No. 13?
- 1 of 3 as of October 3, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,145,584.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Lucky No. 13?
- 1 in 4.05 today, compared with 1 in 4.02 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.05, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.94.
- Is Lucky No. 13 worth buying?
- Its current payout is 69.1% ($3.45 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 108 in Michigan. The best $5 alternative today is Safe Cracker Cashword (#0669, $5) at 86.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Lucky No. 13 tickets are left?
- We estimate 2,145,584 of roughly 9,138,469 printed tickets are unsold (76.5% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Lucky No. 13 launch and is it still on sale?
- We first saw it on February 15, 2025. It has ended.
Other $5 Michigan scratch-offs
- Safe Cracker Cashword — 86.1% payout, 1 in 2.52 any prize
- Detroit Tigers — 81.0% payout, 1 in 2.84 any prize
- Make It Rein — 74.3% payout, 1 in 3.66 any prize
- Lucky Stars — 73.6% payout, 1 in 4.00 any prize
- Win Big — 72.0% payout, 1 in 3.98 any prize