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Poor valueActiveAmerica 250 · $5 · Idaho Lottery
America 250: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $1.99 on average.
▼ -29.2 pts vs launch#15 of 15 · $5 ID games
▼ -29.2 pts vs launch#15 of 15 · $5 ID games
America 250 is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 39.8%, down 29.2 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 1 of the original 2 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 13% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
39.8%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
1 of 2
$25K top prizes left
13%
claimed · 65k of 494k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 111,825 winning tickets still unclaimed.
5 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
21 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 35,776 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.99 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$1.93 · 38.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $25K
$0.06 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
111,824 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
13% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
494k
tickets printed
65k
tickets claimed · 13%
429k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
87%
50% of top prizes remain with 87% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Idaho Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 ID peers
#15 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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