Peppermint Payout — $5 Michigan Scratch-Off #0612
Peppermint Payout (#0612) was a $5 Michigan scratch-off. Its final figures, from September 28, 2025, were 66.0% payout ($3.30 expected back per ticket), 1 in 4.33 for any prize and 1 in 2,407,237 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 4.3 points (70.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 5.1% (1 in 4.11 at launch). 1 of 2 top prizes of $300,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 59.8% of its tickets had sold. Peppermint Payout is no longer on sale in Michigan; the figures below are final as of September 28, 2025.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Peppermint Payout, 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, 555,966 of 1,455,979 prizes (38.2%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $300,000 | 1 in 2,992,041 | 1 in 2,407,237 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 748,009 | 1 in 601,809 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 30,223 | 1 in 34,887 | 198 | 129 | 69 | 34.8% |
| $100 | 1 in 2,005 | 1 in 2,235 | 2,984 | 1,907 | 1,077 | 36.1% |
| $50 | 1 in 66.8 | 1 in 74.6 | 89,611 | 57,352 | 32,259 | 36.0% |
| $20 | 1 in 13.9 | 1 in 15.0 | 430,494 | 270,122 | 160,372 | 37.3% |
| $10 | 1 in 13.2 | 1 in 13.9 | 454,370 | 281,175 | 173,195 | 38.1% |
| $5 | 1 in 12.5 | 1 in 12.7 | 478,312 | 289,323 | 188,989 | 39.5% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.11 | 1 in 4.33 | 1,455,979 | 900,013 | 555,966 | 38.2% |
How Peppermint Payout has moved
Peppermint Payout: common questions
- How many $300,000 prizes are left in Peppermint Payout?
- 1 of 2 as of September 22, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,407,237.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Peppermint Payout?
- 1 in 4.33 today, compared with 1 in 4.11 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.33, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 6.56.
- Is Peppermint Payout worth buying?
- Its current payout is 66.0% ($3.30 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 105 in Michigan. The best $5 alternative today is Safe Cracker Cashword (#0669, $5) at 84.8%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Peppermint Payout tickets are left?
- We estimate 2,407,237 of roughly 5,983,683 printed tickets are unsold (59.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Peppermint Payout 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 — 84.8% payout, 1 in 2.57 any prize
- Make It Rein — 74.3% payout, 1 in 3.66 any prize
- Lucky Stars — 73.8% payout, 1 in 3.98 any prize
- Win Big — 72.0% payout, 1 in 3.98 any prize
- Stampede Payout — 71.7% payout, 1 in 3.91 any prize