Saginaw County ranks in the top 10 across Michigan for per-resident lottery spending

SAGINAW COUNTY, MI – Saginaw County saw nearly $112 million in Michigan Lottery game sales in 2025 and ranks among the top 10 counties in the state for per-resident sales.

Across all Michigan counties, $4.4 billion was spent on lottery games last year, which is equal to $4.3 million per 10,000 residents. The state had an estimated population of 10.1 million in 2024.

Saginaw County ranks ninth in the state for lottery game sales with $5,960,488 spent per 10,000 residents in 2025, topping neighboring Genesee and Bay counties. The county had a population of 187,714 in 2024.

Many of the counties that saw the most money spent on lottery games per resident are on the east side of the state.

County rankings are based on Michigan Lottery data and do not take into account whether sales were made to out-of-county visitors or residents. The rankings do not reflect sales totals.

Saginaw County’s lottery sales per 10,000 residents were about $45,000 lower than those of Wayne County, which saw the most overall lottery sales in the state in 2025 for a total of more than $1 billion, or $6,005,756 per 10,000 residents.

Ranking at No. 1 in the state was Montmorency County, with $9.1 million spent on lottery games per 10,000 residents in 2025.

Leelanau County ranks last, seeing about $1.5 million in lottery sales per 10,000 residents.

At the bottom of the list for overall lottery sales is Keweenaw County with $423,594 spent on games last year. An estimated 2,161 people resided in the county in 2024.

A quarter of all Michigan Lottery sales from the last fiscal year is given to the Michigan Schools Aid Fund, which supports public education across the state, while the majority of sales go toward prizes. Lottery sales account for more than 4% of the Michigan Schools Aid Fund.