$5,000 Gold RushSouth Dakota Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$5,000 Gold Rush is a $2 ticket from the South Dakota Lottery. Sales end on October 24, 2026. At the last report 2 of the 6 $5,000 top prizes had not been claimed. Its top prizes are holding up better than the rest of the game: 2 of 6 $5,000 prizes remain, while only 15% of all prizes are left. On average it pays back about $0.67 per $1, $0.02 more than the median $2 game in South Dakota.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 71K at launch, about 1 in 33K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
- Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 1 in 70,000 | 6 | 2 | 33% |
| $100 | 1 in 3,500 | 122 | 7 | 6% |
| $50 | 1 in 1,500 | 283 | 55 | 19% |
| $30 | 1 in 750 | 578 | 58 | 10% |
| $20 | 1 in 60 | 7,148 | 623 | 9% |
| $10 | 1 in 38 | 11,425 | 1,354 | 12% |
| $5 | 1 in 25 | 17,153 | 2,380 | 14% |
| $4 | 1 in 24 | 17,894 | 2,687 | 15% |
| $2 | 1 in 10 | 42,887 | 7,927 | 18% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $5,000 top prizes left on July 10, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week.
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- South Dakota
- Game Number
- 1164
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 6/5/2025
- Payout %
- 67.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Me The Money | 45 | 1 in 4.38 | 56.9% | $2K · 4 of 4 | - |
| $100 Frenzy | 41 | 1 in 4.51 | 67.0% | $5K · 3 of 5 | 2.9% |
| $5,000 Gold Rush (this game) | 28 | 1 in 4.40 | 67.0% | $5K · 2 of 6 | 0.0% |
| Lots of $100’s | 25 | 1 in 4.75 | 64.7% | $100 · 490 of 1,593 | 0.3% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.