The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! — $10 Michigan Scratch-Off #0674
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! (#0674) is a $10 Michigan scratch-off launched on October 29, 2024. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #49 of 107 active games on current payout (74.3%, $7.43 expected back per ticket) and #20 of 26 $10 games, #13 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.53) and #75 on top-prize odds (1 in 2,250,995). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.7 points (75.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.3% (1 in 3.52 at launch). 1 of 2 top prizes of $500,000 remain, and we estimate 2,250,995 tickets are still unsold (48.8% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!, 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, 637,306 of 1,250,119 prizes (51.0%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 2,200,209 | 1 in 2,250,995 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 293,361 | 1 in 281,374 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 53.3% |
| $500 | 1 in 10,024 | 1 in 9,787 | 439 | 209 | 230 | 52.4% |
| $100 | 1 in 83.4 | 1 in 84.9 | 52,759 | 26,230 | 26,529 | 50.3% |
| $50 | 1 in 25.6 | 1 in 26.1 | 171,797 | 85,504 | 86,293 | 50.2% |
| $30 | 1 in 40.9 | 1 in 41.5 | 107,581 | 53,390 | 54,191 | 50.4% |
| $20 | 1 in 7.99 | 1 in 8.03 | 550,454 | 270,231 | 280,223 | 50.9% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.0 | 1 in 11.9 | 367,072 | 177,241 | 189,831 | 51.7% |
| All prizes | 1 in 3.52 | 1 in 3.53 | 1,250,119 | 612,813 | 637,306 | 51.0% |
How The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! has moved
Recent claims of $1,000 and up
- May 8, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 8 remain.
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!: common questions
- How many $500,000 prizes are left in The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!?
- 1 of 2 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,250,995.
- What are the odds of winning anything on The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!?
- 1 in 3.53 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.52 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.53, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 5.03.
- Is The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! worth buying?
- Its current payout is 74.3% ($7.43 back per $10 ticket), rank #49 of 107 in Michigan. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Lady Luck 777 (#0711, $10) at 78.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! tickets are left?
- We estimate 2,250,995 of roughly 4,400,419 printed tickets are unsold (48.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on October 29, 2024. It is still on sale.
Other $10 Michigan scratch-offs
- Lady Luck 777 — 78.9% payout, 1 in 3.05 any prize
- 50X — 76.8% payout, 1 in 3.85 any prize
- Blazing Suits — 76.6% payout, 1 in 3.78 any prize
- $1,000,000 Bonus Scratch Multiplier — 76.5% payout, 1 in 3.93 any prize
- $1,000,000 Instant Jackpot — 76.3% payout, 1 in 3.84 any prize