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Poor valueActiveGold Star Big Bingo · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Gold Star Big Bingo: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.91 on average.
▼ -9.6 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $5 ID games
▼ -9.6 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $5 ID games
Gold Star Big Bingo is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.2%, down 9.6 percentage points from the launch value of 67.8%. 1 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 3% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
58.2%
expected return
1 in 3.52
odds of any win
1 of 2
$50K top prizes left
3%
claimed · 16k of 494k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 136,049 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
16 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 4,648 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.91 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.80 · 56.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
136,045 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
3% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
494k
tickets printed
16k
tickets claimed · 3%
479k
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
97%
50% of top prizes remain with 97% 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
#7 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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