Talk Birdie To Me scores 57 out of 100, which rates Poor. It pays back about 54¢ per $1 on average.
Very few tickets are left in Talk Birdie To Me anywhere in Michigan. Most of its prizes have already been won.
On average, Talk Birdie To Me pays back about 54¢ for every $1 played. That gives it a score of 57 out of 100, which rates Poor.
Talk Birdie To Me has a top prize of $6,000, and one of the two is still unclaimed. The odds of winning one with a single ticket are about 1 in 79,000. The counts are for all of Michigan, not for the tickets at one location.
Among the 21 $1 Michigan pull tab games, One Nightstand pays back the most per $1, ahead of Talk Birdie To Me.
For every $1 played on Talk Birdie To Me, about 54¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 46¢.
All 6 of the $1 Michigan scratchers pay back more per $1 than Talk Birdie To Me. The $6,000 top prize on Talk Birdie To Me is bigger than any $1 scratcher top prize still unclaimed. The biggest of those is $5,000.
| Talk Birdie To Me | $1 Michigan scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $6,000top prize, 1 left | $5,0003 games |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 79,000 | 1 in 780,000 to 1 in 2,900,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 54¢ | 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 | 2 | 1 in 78,978better than at the start |
| $100 | 64 | 4,200 | 1 in 1,234worse than at the start |
| $50 | 51 | 4,200 | 1 in 1,549worse than at the start |
| $10 | 372 | 21,000 | 1 in 212worse than at the start |
| $5 | 1,418 | 63,000 | 1 in 55.7worse than at the start |
| $2 | 1,856 | 58,800 | 1 in 42.55worse than at the start |
| $1 | 12,900 | 327,600 | 1 in 6.12better than 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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