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Poor valueActiveBBQ Bucks · $5 · Idaho Lottery
BBQ Bucks: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.56 on average.
▼ -17.8 pts vs launch#11 of 15 · $5 ID games
▼ -17.8 pts vs launch#11 of 15 · $5 ID games
BBQ Bucks is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 51.2%, down 17.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 1 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 4% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
51.2%
expected return
1 in 3.47
odds of any win
1 of 2
$50K top prizes left
4%
claimed · 22k of 494k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 136,183 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
18 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 12,780 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.56 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.45 · 49.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.11 · 2.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
136,182 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
4% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
494k
tickets printed
22k
tickets claimed · 4%
473k
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
96%
50% of top prizes remain with 96% 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
#11 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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