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Weak valueActiveCentipede · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Centipede: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.10 on average.
▼ -7.4 pts vs launch#5 of 16 · $5 ID games
▼ -7.4 pts vs launch#5 of 16 · $5 ID games
Centipede is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, down 7.4 percentage points from the launch value of 69.4%. 2 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 7% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 3.72
odds of any win
2 of 2
$50K top prizes left
7%
claimed · 37k of 517k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 129,081 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 53,277 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.10 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.89 · 57.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.21 · 4.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
129,077 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
7% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
517k
tickets printed
37k
tickets claimed · 7%
479k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
93%
100% of top prizes remain with only 93% 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
#5 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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