Serious Cheddar scores 57 out of 100, which rates Poor. It pays back about 68¢ per $1 on average.
Serious Cheddar rates Poor today, with a score of 57 out of 100. On average, it pays back about 68¢ for every $1 played.
Serious Cheddar 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 770,000. These counts cover all of Michigan, so one location may have more or fewer left.
Since our last check, 375 prizes were won on Serious Cheddar. The biggest was $100.
Serious Cheddar 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 Serious Cheddar, about 68¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 32¢.
Serious Cheddar pays back more per $1 than all 6 of the $1 Michigan scratchers. The $6,000 top prize on Serious Cheddar is bigger than any $1 scratcher top prize still unclaimed. The biggest of those is $5,000.
| Serious Cheddar | $1 Michigan scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $6,000top prize, 1 left | $5,0003 games |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 770,000 | 1 in 780,000 to 1 in 2,900,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 68¢ | 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 766,904better than at the start |
| $100 | 1,300 | 6,130 | 1 in 590worse than at the start |
| $50 | 1,365 | 6,130 | 1 in 562worse than at the start |
| $10 | 6,706 | 30,650 | 1 in 114worse than at the start |
| $5 | 20,372 | 91,950 | 1 in 37.65worse than at the start |
| $2 | 19,636 | 85,820 | 1 in 39.06same as at the start |
| $1 | 112,414 | 478,140 | 1 in 6.82same 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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