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Weak valueActiveMountains of Cashword · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Mountains of Cashword: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.24 on average.
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#3 of 15 · $5 ID games
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#3 of 15 · $5 ID games
Mountains of Cashword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.8%, down 2.6 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 1 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 0.9M printed tickets have been sold.
64.8%
expected return
1 in 3.31
odds of any win
1 of 2
$50K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 8k of 896k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 268,113 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 221,980 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.24 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $100
$3.18 · 63.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.06 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $100 wins
268,109 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
896k
tickets printed
8k
tickets claimed · 1%
888k
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
99%
50% of top prizes remain with 99% 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
#3 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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