Silver & Gold scores 45 out of 100, which rates Poor. It pays back about 69¢ per $1 on average.
Silver & Gold scores 45 out of 100 today, which rates Poor. On average, it pays back about 69¢ for every $1 played.
Silver & Gold has a top prize of $6,000, and one of the three is still unclaimed. The odds of winning one with a single ticket are about 1 in 1,100,000. The counts are for all of Michigan, not for the tickets at one location.
Since our last check, 115 prizes were won on Silver & Gold. The biggest was $100.
Silver & Gold is one of 21 $1 Michigan pull tab games. One Nightstand pays back the most per $1 of that group.
For every $1 played on Silver & Gold, about 69¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 31¢.
Silver & Gold pays back more per $1 than all 6 of the $1 Michigan scratchers. The $6,000 top prize on Silver & Gold is bigger than any $1 scratcher top prize still unclaimed. The biggest of those is $5,000.
| Silver & Gold | $1 Michigan scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $6,000top prize, 1 left | $5,0003 games |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 1,100,000 | 1 in 780,000 to 1 in 2,900,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 69¢ | 57¢ to 60¢58¢ on the typical one |
The highlighted side is the better one. The scratcher column covers every Michigan scratcher on sale at $1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| $6,000 | 1 | 3 | 1 in 1,050,437same as at the start |
| $100 | 1,852 | 5,868 | 1 in 567worse than at the start |
| $50 | 1,856 | 5,868 | 1 in 566worse than at the start |
| $10 | 9,382 | 29,340 | 1 in 112worse than at the start |
| $5 | 28,358 | 88,020 | 1 in 37.04same as at the start |
| $2 | 26,854 | 82,152 | 1 in 39.12same as at the start |
| $1 | 153,308 | 457,704 | 1 in 6.85same 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 4.74 when the game started. That counts every prize, including the small ones.
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