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Weak valueActiveBBQ Bucks · $5 · Idaho Lottery
BBQ Bucks: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.16 on average.
▼ -5.8 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $5 ID gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
▼ -5.8 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $5 ID gamesUpdated Jun 13, 2026
BBQ Bucks is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.2%, down 5.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 2 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
63.2%
expected return
1 in 3.5
odds of any win
2 of 2
$50K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 8k of 494k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 140,066 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 2,643 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.16 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.95 · 59.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.21 · 4.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
140,061 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
494k
tickets printed
8k
tickets claimed · 2%
486k
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
98%
100% of top prizes remain with only 98% 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
#1 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 13, 2026.
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