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Poor valueActiveLemon Twist Bingo · $3 · Idaho Lottery
Lemon Twist Bingo: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.78 on average.
▼ -6.3 pts vs launch#4 of 5 · $3 ID gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM
▼ -6.3 pts vs launch#4 of 5 · $3 ID gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM
Lemon Twist Bingo is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.3%, down 6.3 percentage points from the launch value of 65.7%. 1 of the original 2 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
59.3%
expected return
1 in 3.40
odds of any win
1 of 2
$30K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 8k of 684k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 197,743 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $3
$5 – $106, an actual profit
18 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 337,889 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.78 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.74 · 57.9% of price
Mid prizes $30K
$0.04 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
197,742 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
684k
tickets printed
8k
tickets claimed · 1%
676k
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
99%
50% of top prizes remain with 99% 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 $3 ID peers
#4 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
Double Up Slingo
65.3%
2
Fruit Explosion
60.7%
3
Sunrise Slingo
60.0%
4
Lemon Twist Bingo
59.3%
5
Cashtronaut Cashword
57.0%
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM.
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