One-Word CrosswordSouth Dakota Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
One-Word Crossword costs $5 a ticket from the South Dakota Lottery. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $40,000 prize now runs about 1 in 297,245 by our estimate, against 1 in 242,928 at launch. No $5 ticket in South Dakota has better overall odds: 1 in 4.01, against 11 others at that price.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 243K at launch, about 1 in 297K now. The $40,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Expected value of $0.68 per $1 is about average, a typical return for a ticket at this price.
- Roughly half the prize pool has been claimed, with a decent amount still left.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | 1 in 240,000 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 36,000 | 12 | 4 | 33% |
| $500 | 1 in 24,000 | 30 | 9 | 30% |
| $100 | 1 in 600 | 1,232 | 464 | 38% |
| $50 | 1 in 300 | 2,431 | 949 | 39% |
| $30 | 1 in 90 | 8,142 | 3,097 | 38% |
| $20 | 1 in 22 | 33,379 | 12,824 | 38% |
| $15 | 1 in 22 | 33,383 | 12,787 | 38% |
| $10 | 1 in 27 | 27,285 | 10,972 | 40% |
| $5 | 1 in 10 | 75,845 | 33,019 | 44% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
The one $40,000 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
- 1152
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 1/11/2025
- Payout %
- 67.6%
- 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 (this game) | 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 | 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.