Tailgator scores 65 out of 100, which rates Fair. It pays back about 71¢ per $1 on average.
Tailgator rates Fair today, with a score of 65 out of 100. On average, it pays back about 71¢ for every $1 played.
Tailgator has a top prize of $6,000, and all three are still unclaimed. The odds of winning one with a single ticket are about 1 in 690,000. The counts are for all of Michigan, not for the tickets at one location.
Since our last check, 4,853 prizes were won on Tailgator. The biggest was $100.
Among the 21 $1 Michigan pull tab games, One Nightstand pays back the most per $1, ahead of Tailgator.
For every $1 played on Tailgator, about 71¢ comes back as prizes on average. The lottery keeps the other 29¢.
Tailgator pays back more per $1 than all 6 of the $1 Michigan scratchers. The $6,000 top prize on Tailgator is bigger than any $1 scratcher top prize still unclaimed. The biggest of those is $5,000.
| Tailgator | $1 Michigan scratchers | |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest prize | $6,000top prize, 3 left | $5,0003 games |
| Odds of winning it with one ticket | 1 in 690,000 | 1 in 780,000 to 1 in 2,900,000depends on the scratcher |
| Money back per $1 | 71¢ | 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 | 3 | 3 | 1 in 687,278better than at the start |
| $100 | 3,751 | 5,963 | 1 in 550same as at the start |
| $50 | 3,725 | 5,963 | 1 in 554same as at the start |
| $10 | 18,853 | 29,815 | 1 in 109same as at the start |
| $5 | 56,645 | 89,445 | 1 in 36.4same as at the start |
| $2 | 53,103 | 83,482 | 1 in 38.83same as at the start |
| $1 | 298,906 | 465,114 | 1 in 6.9same 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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