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Poor valueActiveCherry Blast Slingo · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Cherry Blast Slingo: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.96 on average.
▼ -9.2 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $5 ID gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM
▼ -9.2 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $5 ID gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM
Cherry Blast Slingo is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.2%, down 9.2 percentage points from the launch value of 68.4%. 2 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 5% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
59.2%
expected return
1 in 3.62
odds of any win
2 of 2
$50K top prizes left
5%
claimed · 35k of 726k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 190,566 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 115,088 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.96 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.81 · 56.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.15 · 2.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
190,563 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
5% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
726k
tickets printed
35k
tickets claimed · 5%
691k
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
95%
100% of top prizes remain with only 95% 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
#4 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM.
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