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Weak valueActiveMountains of Cashword · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Mountains of Cashword: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.19 on average.
▼ -3.6 pts vs launch#4 of 16 · $5 ID games
▼ -3.6 pts vs launch#4 of 16 · $5 ID games
Mountains of Cashword is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.8%, down 3.6 percentage points from the launch value of 67.4%. 1 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 0.9M printed tickets have been sold.
63.8%
expected return
1 in 3.31
odds of any win
1 of 2
$50K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 14k of 896k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 266,487 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 220,634 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.19 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $100
$3.13 · 62.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.06 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $100 wins
266,483 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
896k
tickets printed
14k
tickets claimed · 2%
883k
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
98%
50% of top prizes remain with 98% 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 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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