16,420 of 26,622
top prizes of $500 still out there
Ticket price$5
Top prize$500
Launch odds1 in 4.1
Prizes remaining (all tiers)1,322,550
Est. tickets left
≈62%
$500 Inferno is a $5 scratch-off from the Michigan Lottery (game #697) with a top prize of $500 and overall odds of 1 in 4.1 at launch. 10,202 of 26,622 top prizes are gone, 16,420 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 62% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 1,322,550 prizes are still out there (it started with 2,119,041).
Every scratcher is a race between the tickets running out and the prizes running out. "$500 Inferno" is squarely mid-run — about two-thirds of the print run is still out there, and 16,420 of 26,622 top prizes are still in play. The rest of this page is the play-by-play. Tomorrow's tally on "$500 Inferno" will read a little different — it sells every day, and this page keeps count.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | 16,420 | 26,622 |
| $100 | 3,577 | 5,819 |
| $50 | 10,733 | 17,429 |
| $25 | 43,084 | 69,493 |
| $10 | 486,465 | 782,517 |
| $5 | 762,271 | 1,217,161 |
Prize counts come straight from official Michigan lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
16,420 of the 26,622 top prizes of $500 are still unclaimed, according to official Michigan lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
$500 Inferno is a $5 scratch-off. It is game #697 from the Michigan Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.1, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.
Prize counts come straight from official Michigan lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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