The current odds of winning any prize on $500,000 Winter Ice are 1 in 4.2 (23.83%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $500,000 top prize.

Yes. 1 of the 2 $500,000 top prizes has been claimed, and 1 is still unclaimed, as of Nov 14, 2026. We estimate about 35% of the game's 4,404,326 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. $500,000 Winter Ice is on sale at Michigan Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 31 $5 Michigan scratch-offs on sale, $500,000 Winter Ice ranks #29 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.2 tickets winning at least the $5 ticket price back. Right now the $5 game with the best odds of breaking even is Detroit Tigers, where 1 in 3.58 tickets wins at least $5 back.

$500,000 Winter Ice has 8 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $500,000 at 1 in 1,549,398 (1 of 2 left); $500+ at 1 in 193,675 (7 of 15 left); $100+ at 1 in 1,894 (810 of 2,738 left); $50+ at 1 in 60.2 (24,934 of 79,494 left); $20+ at 1 in 21.5 (46,395 of 141,066 left); $15+ at 1 in 12.7 (49,517 of 149,900 left); $10+ at 1 in 6.98 (100,160 of 299,903 left); $5+ at 1 in 4.2 (147,434 of 414,370 left).

The odds of winning at least your $5 back on one $500,000 Winter Ice ticket are 1 in 4.2 (23.83%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 6.98 (14.32%).

$500,000 Winter Ice costs $5 per ticket. It is sold at authorized Michigan Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — Michigan instant games and Michigan scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The Michigan Lottery lists them under "Instant" on its own site. "Instant Games" is simply what most players in Michigan call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. In Michigan, "instant games" and "instant tickets" mean these same paper tickets you buy at a retailer — not the lottery's online games. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.