Bonus Money scores 48 out of 100, which rates Poor. It pays back about 73¢ per $1 on average.
Bonus Money rates Poor today, with a score of 48 out of 100. It pays back about 73¢ for every $1 played, on average.
The top prize on Bonus Money is $30,000, and one of the three is still unclaimed. The odds of winning one with a single ticket are about 1 in 360,000. These counts cover all of Michigan, so one location may have more or fewer left.
Since our last check, 99 prizes were won on Bonus Money. The biggest was $200.
Bonus Money is one of six $5 Michigan pull tab games. Cash Roll pays back the most per $1 of that group.
For every $1 played on Bonus Money, about 73¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 27¢.
3 of the 31 $5 Michigan scratchers pay back more per $1 than Bonus Money. The biggest $5 scratcher top prize still unclaimed is $1,000,000, which is more than the $30,000 top prize on Bonus Money.
| Bonus Money | $5 Michigan scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $30,000top prize, 1 left | $1,000,00023 games, from $500,000 |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 360,000 | 1 in 920,000 to 1 in 3,000,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 73¢ | 59¢ to 75¢70¢ on the typical one |
The highlighted side is the better one. The scratcher column covers every Michigan scratcher on sale at $5, using today's numbers. Its top prizes and odds count only prizes nobody has claimed yet. Which scratcher is the best one is in the app. See every price side by side.
What the game pays back for every $1 played, check by check.
Our estimate of how much of the pool is still unsold.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with | Odds today |
|---|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | 1 | 3 | 1 in 362,169worse than at the start |
| $200 | 2,213 | 6,599 | 1 in 164worse than at the start |
| $75 | 2,217 | 6,599 | 1 in 163worse than at the start |
| $50 | 2,218 | 6,599 | 1 in 163worse than at the start |
| $15 | 6,857 | 19,797 | 1 in 52.82same as at the start |
| $10 | 6,948 | 19,797 | 1 in 52.13same as at the start |
| $5 | 79,317 | 224,366 | 1 in 4.57same as at the start |
Prize counts come straight from official Michigan Lottery data. "Odds today" are for one ticket, based on our estimate of how many tickets are still unsold. The jackpot amount is what it was at our last check, Oct 18, 2026 at 9:45 AM, and it keeps growing between checks.
It's the average return for every $1 played, counting every ticket still in the pool and every prize still unclaimed. Most tickets don't win, so any one ticket will land above or below it.
The overall odds were 1 in 3.63 when the game started. That counts every prize, including the small ones.
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