Safe Cracker Cashword — $5 Michigan Scratch-Off #0669
Safe Cracker Cashword (#0669) is a $5 Michigan scratch-off launched on December 3, 2024. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #1 of 107 active games on current payout (86.0%, $4.30 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 31 $5 games, #1 on any-prize odds (1 in 2.53) and #107 on top-prize odds (—). Since launch the payout has risen 15.9 points (70.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 45.3% (1 in 3.67 at launch). 0 of 3 top prizes of $300,000 remain, and we estimate 454,253 tickets are still unsold (95.7% sold). Its current figures fail our plausibility check (the caution below), so whatever its place in the list, we do not count it among the best Michigan scratch-offs to buy. A caution on the current figures: the any-prize odds have moved from 1 in 3.67 to 1 in 2.53, further than a game's odds really move. Its prize tiers disagree about how many tickets are left (between 0.38 million and 0.79 million), usually because small prizes are claimed late, and the current odds and payout lean on that disagreement. The printed odds are the safer guide, and our summaries do not name this game the best of anything (how we estimate).
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Safe Cracker Cashword, 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, 179,890 of 2,857,704 prizes (6.3%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $300,000 | 1 in 3,495,925 | all claimed | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 73,858 | 1 in 151,418 | 142 | 139 | 3 | 2.1% |
| $500 | 1 in 14,961 | 1 in 11,648 | 701 | 662 | 39 | 5.6% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,499 | 1 in 1,514 | 6,995 | 6,695 | 300 | 4.3% |
| $75 | 1 in 1,001 | 1 in 1,189 | 10,475 | 10,093 | 382 | 3.6% |
| $50 | 1 in 200.1 | 1 in 213.9 | 52,404 | 50,280 | 2,124 | 4.1% |
| $30 | 1 in 131.4 | 1 in 143.3 | 79,791 | 76,620 | 3,171 | 4.0% |
| $25 | 1 in 50.0 | 1 in 50.4 | 209,856 | 200,836 | 9,020 | 4.3% |
| $20 | 1 in 38.4 | 1 in 30.8 | 272,819 | 258,073 | 14,746 | 5.4% |
| $15 | 1 in 35.7 | 1 in 33.1 | 293,683 | 279,955 | 13,728 | 4.7% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.8 | 1 in 8.63 | 818,600 | 765,981 | 52,619 | 6.4% |
| $5 | 1 in 9.43 | 1 in 5.42 | 1,112,235 | 1,028,477 | 83,758 | 7.5% |
| All prizes | 1 in 3.67 | 1 in 2.53 | 2,857,704 | 2,677,814 | 179,890 | 6.3% |
How Safe Cracker Cashword has moved
Recent claims of $1,000 and up
- September 26, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 3 remain.
- September 9, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 4 remain.
- September 27, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 40 remain.
- September 19, 2025: one $300,000 prize was claimed; 1 remain.
- September 17, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 41 remain.
- September 16, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 42 remain.
- September 13, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 43 remain.
- September 11, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 44 remain.
- September 9, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 45 remain.
- September 7, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 47 remain.
- September 5, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 48 remain.
- September 3, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 50 remain.
Safe Cracker Cashword: common questions
- How many $300,000 prizes are left in Safe Cracker Cashword?
- 0 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The top prize is gone; anything you win will be a lower tier.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Safe Cracker Cashword?
- 1 in 2.53 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.67 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 2.53, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 4.73.
- Is Safe Cracker Cashword worth buying?
- Its current payout is 86.0% ($4.30 back per $5 ticket), rank #1 of 107 in Michigan. That figure fails our plausibility check (see the caution above), so read it as approximate and not as a reason to buy. The best $5 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Make It Rein (#0673, $5) at 74.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Safe Cracker Cashword tickets are left?
- We estimate 454,253 of roughly 10,487,773 printed tickets are unsold (95.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Safe Cracker Cashword launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on December 3, 2024. It is still on sale.
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