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Poor valueActiveBig Dill Cashword · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Big Dill Cashword: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.85 on average.
▼ -10.4 pts vs launch#7 of 16 · $5 ID games
▼ -10.4 pts vs launch#7 of 16 · $5 ID games
Big Dill Cashword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 10.4 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 0 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 4% of the 0.9M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 3.41
odds of any win
0 of 2
$50K top prizes left
4%
claimed · 40k of 891k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 249,304 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Value map
Where the $2.85 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $200
$2.85 · 57.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $200 wins
249,304 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
4% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
891k
tickets printed
40k
tickets claimed · 4%
852k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
96%
0% 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
#7 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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