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Poor valueActiveCherry Blast Slingo · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Cherry Blast Slingo: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.61 on average.
▼ -16.2 pts vs launch#10 of 15 · $5 ID games
▼ -16.2 pts vs launch#10 of 15 · $5 ID games
Cherry Blast Slingo is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 52.2%, down 16.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.4%. 1 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 8% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
52.2%
expected return
1 in 3.62
odds of any win
1 of 2
$50K top prizes left
8%
claimed · 55k of 726k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 185,006 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 335,199 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.61 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.54 · 50.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.07 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
185,005 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
8% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
726k
tickets printed
55k
tickets claimed · 8%
670k
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
92%
50% of top prizes remain with 92% 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
#10 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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