Vaults of CashSouth Dakota Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Vaults of Cash is a $3 ticket from the South Dakota Lottery. Our estimate for the $25,000 prize has slipped to about 1 in 401,000 per ticket, from 1 in 279,330 at launch. At 1 in 4.81, its overall odds are the longest of South Dakota's 3 $3 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 279K at launch, about 1 in 401K now. The $25,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- At $0.66 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.
- Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,000 | 1 in 240,000 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 120,000 | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| $500 | 1 in 7,500 | 107 | 50 | 47% |
| $100 | 1 in 3,750 | 203 | 92 | 45% |
| $50 | 1 in 750 | 981 | 421 | 43% |
| $30 | 1 in 150 | 4,943 | 2,228 | 45% |
| $20 | 1 in 133 | 5,537 | 2,532 | 46% |
| $15 | 1 in 50 | 14,768 | 6,749 | 46% |
| $10 | 1 in 20 | 36,934 | 17,157 | 46% |
| $5 | 1 in 20 | 36,896 | 17,783 | 48% |
| $3 | 1 in 10 | 73,840 | 36,352 | 49% |
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 1% 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
- 1157
- Ticket Price
- $3
- Start Date
- 11/7/2025
- Payout %
- 66.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $3 ticket in South Dakota
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money Box Bingo | 53 | 1 in 4.30 | 65.2% | $20K · 3 of 4 | 1.1% |
| Money Cashword | 34 | 1 in 4.31 | 65.5% | $25K · 1 of 4 | 0.6% |
| Vaults of Cash (this game) | 30 | 1 in 4.81 | 66.0% | $25K · 1 of 3 | 1.0% |
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.