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Strong valueActiveHigh Life · $50 · Idaho Lottery
High Life: Strong value. A $50 ticket pays back $40.87 on average.
▲ +3.9 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 ID games
▲ +3.9 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $50 ID games
High Life is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.7%, up 3.9 percentage points from the launch value of 77.8%. 2 of the original 2 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.
81.7%
expected return
1 in 2.97
odds of any win
2 of 2
$1M jackpots left
35%
claimed · 191k of 542k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 118,064 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $50
$75 or $100 or $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 63 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $40.87 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$35.11 · 70.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $5K
$0.05 · 0.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$5.70 · 11.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 350k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
118,055 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
542k
tickets printed
191k
tickets claimed · 35%
350k
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
65%
100% of top prizes remain with only 65% 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 $50 ID peers
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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