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Poor valueActiveDeep Sea Mystery Cashword · $10 · Idaho Lottery
Deep Sea Mystery Cashword: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $3.66 on average.
▼ -33.3 pts vs launch#10 of 10 · $10 ID gamesUpdated Jun 1, 2026, 6:22 PM
▼ -33.3 pts vs launch#10 of 10 · $10 ID gamesUpdated Jun 1, 2026, 6:22 PM
Deep Sea Mystery Cashword is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 36.6%, down 33.3 percentage points from the launch value of 69.9%. 1 of the original 2 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 0.9M printed tickets have been sold.
36.6%
expected return
1 in 3.56
odds of any win
1 of 2
$100K top prizes left
29%
claimed · 276k of 949k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 188,905 winning tickets still unclaimed.
6 win more than $10
$20 – $250, an actual profit
22 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 23,226 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.66 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$3.51 · 35.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.15 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
188,904 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
949k
tickets printed
276k
tickets claimed · 29%
674k
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
71%
50% of top prizes remain with 71% 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 $10 ID peers
#10 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 1, 2026, 6:22 PM.
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