Max MoneySouth Dakota Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The South Dakota Lottery sells Max Money as a $5 ticket. By our estimate the $25,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 64,032 per ticket, down from 1 in 81,587. At a ValueScore of 43/100 (Fair), it is 10th of the 12 active $5 games in South Dakota.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 82K at launch, about 1 in 64K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $25,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Most of the larger top and mid-tier prizes have already been won.
- A leaner 23% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.35), below most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 in 80,000 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 60,000 | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| $100 | 1 in 429 | 585 | 138 | 24% |
| $50 | 1 in 92 | 2,668 | 599 | 22% |
| $25 | 1 in 30 | 8,154 | 2,034 | 25% |
| $20 | 1 in 60 | 4,074 | 979 | 24% |
| $10 | 1 in 15 | 16,311 | 4,176 | 26% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 24,468 | 6,792 | 28% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
The one $25,000 top prize left on July 10, when our records for it began, is still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.9% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for South Dakota's $5 games (0.9% a 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
- 1161
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 11/7/2025
- Payout %
- 68.7%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in South Dakota
All 12 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 Frenzy | 64 | 1 in 4.51 | 70.0% | $25K · 2 of 3 | 1.2% |
| Money Madness | 63 | 1 in 4.21 | 69.1% | $25K · 2 of 3 | 0.9% |
| Extreme 8s | 63 | 1 in 4.24 | 68.0% | $9K · 4 of 4 | 1.3% |
| Season’s Greetings | 53 | 1 in 4.11 | 60.0% | $10K · 3 of 3 | - |
| Hidden Gems | 52 | 1 in 4.07 | 68.3% | $25K · 2 of 3 | 1.5% |
| One-Word Crossword | 48 | 1 in 4.01 | 67.6% | $40K · 1 of 3 | 0.9% |
| 20X Extreme Cash | 48 | 1 in 4.35 | 69.0% | $40K · 1 of 2 | 1.2% |
| Merry & Bright | 47 | 1 in 4.11 | 69.2% | $10K · 1 of 3 | 0.1% |
| $25,000 Gold Rush | 46 | 1 in 4.09 | 68.6% | $25K · 1 of 3 | 0.8% |
| Max Money (this game) | 43 | 1 in 4.35 | 68.7% | $25K · 1 of 3 | 0.9% |
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.