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Poor valueActiveMystery Forest Cashword · $10 · Idaho Lottery
Mystery Forest Cashword: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $4.36 on average.
▼ -26.4 pts vs launch#10 of 12 · $10 ID games
▼ -26.4 pts vs launch#10 of 12 · $10 ID games
Mystery Forest Cashword is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 43.6%, down 26.4 percentage points from the launch value of 70.0%. 1 of the original 2 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 25% of the 1.0M printed tickets have been sold.
43.6%
expected return
1 in 3.62
odds of any win
1 of 2
$100K top prizes left
25%
claimed · 238k of 952k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 197,013 winning tickets still unclaimed.
8 win more than $10
$20 – $250, an actual profit
20 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 4,407 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $4.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$4.20 · 42.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.16 · 1.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
197,005 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
25% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
952k
tickets printed
238k
tickets claimed · 25%
714k
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
75%
50% of top prizes remain with 75% 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 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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