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Ranked 26th of 35 Tickets in South Dakota

Money FeverSouth Dakota Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: South Dakota Lottery
41
VALUESCORE
Fair
$5South DakotaGame #1158GREEN
At a glance

The South Dakota Lottery sells Money Fever as a $5 ticket. At a ValueScore of 41/100 (Fair), it is 11th of the 12 active $5 games in South Dakota. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 30,698 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.36
Exp. Value
$0.68
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$40,000
Top Prizes Left
1 / 2
Prizes Remaining
50%
ValueScore™
41 / 100
Fair

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.68
→
AVERAGE
A typical $5 ticket, ranked #26 of the 35 active games we track in South Dakota.
Why
→Wins are infrequent: about a 23% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.36), lower than most games.
  • You get back about $0.68 per $1 on average, which is normal for this price.
  • 1 of 2 top prizes remain, though the bigger tiers overall are partly picked over.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$40,000
1 of 2 left
launch odds 1 in 123K
now ~1 in 122K
$1,000
3 of 6 left
launch odds 1 in 41K
now ~1 in 41K
$100
192 of 412 left
launch odds 1 in 596
now ~1 in 638
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$40,0001 in 120,00021
50%
$1,0001 in 40,00063
50%
$1001 in 600412192
47%
$501 in 922,6871,261
47%
$251 in 308,1803,887
48%
$201 in 604,0651,941
48%
$101 in 1516,3858,147
50%
$51 in 1024,59012,653
51%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$834,150
Current Prize Pool
$405,980
Payout Percentage
48.7%
Total Prizes Remaining
28,085

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
245,586
Estimated Remaining
122,451
% Remaining
49.9%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

The one $40,000 top prize left on July 10, when our records for it began, is still unclaimed.

10
1
July 10October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.1% 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

41
VALUESCORE
Fair
41
out of 100
Expected Value
15/40
Prize Quality
12/25
Win Frequency
6/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1158
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
2/6/2026
Payout %
68.0%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.36 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Money Fever scratch-off a good buy?
It is about average. Money Fever scores 41/100 (Fair) and is 11th of the 12 active $5 games in South Dakota. It pays back about $0.68 for every $1 spent. Higher-rated $5 tickets are listed on the South Dakota rankings page.
What are the odds of winning the Money Fever scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Money Fever are 1 in 4.36. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Money Fever?
The top prize for Money Fever is $40,000. As of our latest update, 1 of 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $5 ticket in South Dakota

All 12 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$500 Frenzy641 in 4.5170.0%$25K · 2 of 31.2%
Money Madness631 in 4.2169.1%$25K · 2 of 30.9%
Extreme 8s631 in 4.2468.0%$9K · 4 of 41.3%
Season’s Greetings531 in 4.1160.0%$10K · 3 of 3-
Hidden Gems521 in 4.0768.3%$25K · 2 of 31.5%
One-Word Crossword481 in 4.0167.6%$40K · 1 of 30.9%
20X Extreme Cash481 in 4.3569.0%$40K · 1 of 21.2%
Merry & Bright471 in 4.1169.2%$10K · 1 of 30.1%
$25,000 Gold Rush461 in 4.0968.6%$25K · 1 of 30.8%
Money Fever (this game)411 in 4.3668.0%$40K · 1 of 21.1%

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.