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Poor valueActiveFriday Night Poker · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Friday Night Poker: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.66 on average.
▼ -16.0 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $5 ID gamesUpdated Jun 5, 2026, 12:22 PM
▼ -16.0 pts vs launch#6 of 9 · $5 ID gamesUpdated Jun 5, 2026, 12:22 PM
Friday Night Poker is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 53.2%, down 16.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.2%. 0 of the original 3 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 4% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
53.2%
expected return
1 in 3.41
odds of any win
0 of 3
$50K top prizes left
4%
claimed · 22k of 605k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 171,050 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 13,263 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.66 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.66 · 53.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.00 · 0.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
171,048 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.
605k
tickets printed
22k
tickets claimed · 4%
584k
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
#6 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 5, 2026, 12:22 PM.
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