Wild Side — $5 Michigan Scratch-Off #469
Wild Side (#469) was a $5 Michigan scratch-off. Its final figures, from March 12, 2025, were 69.1% payout ($3.46 expected back per ticket), 1 in 4.12 for any prize and 1 in 2,669,442 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 0.7 points (69.9% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 1.1% (1 in 4.08 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $500,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 40.4% of its tickets had sold. Wild Side is no longer on sale in Michigan; the figures below are final as of March 12, 2025.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Wild Side, 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, 1,294,772 of 2,195,037 prizes (59.0%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500,000 | 1 in 2,985,253 | 1 in 2,669,442 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 66.7% |
| $2,500 | 1 in 895,575 | 1 in 889,814 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 60.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 20,125 | 1 in 20,774 | 445 | 188 | 257 | 57.8% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,358 | 1 in 1,402 | 6,595 | 2,786 | 3,809 | 57.8% |
| $50 | 1 in 79.6 | 1 in 81.9 | 112,568 | 47,392 | 65,176 | 57.9% |
| $25 | 1 in 19.2 | 1 in 19.6 | 465,307 | 192,436 | 272,871 | 58.6% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.5 | 1 in 12.8 | 715,484 | 297,856 | 417,628 | 58.4% |
| $5 | 1 in 10.0 | 1 in 9.98 | 894,625 | 359,602 | 535,023 | 59.8% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.08 | 1 in 4.12 | 2,195,037 | 900,265 | 1,294,772 | 59.0% |
How Wild Side has moved
Wild Side: common questions
- How many $500,000 prizes are left in Wild Side?
- 2 of 3 as of November 1, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 2,669,442.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Wild Side?
- 1 in 4.12 as of November 1, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.08 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.12, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.03.
- Is Wild Side worth buying?
- Its current payout is 69.1% ($3.46 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 108 in Michigan. The best $5 alternative as of November 1, 2026 is Lucky Stars (#0738, $5) at 73.2%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Wild Side tickets are left?
- We estimate 5,338,884 of roughly 8,955,196 printed tickets are unsold (40.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Wild Side 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 — 86.0% payout, 1 in 2.52 any prize
- Detroit Tigers — 81.0% payout, 1 in 2.83 any prize
- Lucky Stars — 73.2% payout, 1 in 4.07 any prize
- Win Big — 72.0% payout, 1 in 3.98 any prize
- Stampede Payout — 71.2% payout, 1 in 3.98 any prize