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Poor valueActiveCashtronaut Cashword · $3 · Idaho Lottery
Cashtronaut Cashword: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.71 on average.
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $3 ID gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM
▼ -8.0 pts vs launch#5 of 5 · $3 ID gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM
Cashtronaut Cashword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 8.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 1 of the original 2 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 0.8M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 3.37
odds of any win
1 of 2
$30K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 13k of 803k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 234,490 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $3
$5 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 790,850 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.71 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $200
$1.67 · 55.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.04 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $200 wins
234,489 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2025.
803k
tickets printed
13k
tickets claimed · 2%
791k
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
98%
50% of top prizes remain with 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 $3 ID peers
#5 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Double Up Slingo
65.3%
2
Fruit Explosion
60.7%
3
Sunrise Slingo
60.0%
4
Lemon Twist Bingo
59.3%
5
Cashtronaut Cashword
57.0%
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM.
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