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Ranked 12th of 35 Tickets in South Dakota

Money MadnessSouth Dakota Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

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63
VALUESCORE
Good
$5South DakotaGame #1167GREEN
At a glance

Money Madness costs $5 a ticket from the South Dakota Lottery. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 24,304 tickets. It pays back about $0.69 per $1 on average, in line with South Dakota's other $5 games.

Overall Odds
1 in 4.21
Exp. Value
$0.69
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$25,000
Top Prizes Left
2 / 3
Prizes Remaining
62%
ValueScore™
63 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.69
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
Ranked 12th out of 35 South Dakota scratch-offs, stronger than most of what is on sale at this price.
Why
↑Little of the prize pool has been drained so far.
  • Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.
  • At $0.69 back per $1, the return here is middle-of-the-road for this price point.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$25,000
2 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 81K
now ~1 in 76K
$1,000
6 of 7 left
launch odds 1 in 35K
now ~1 in 25K
$100
208 of 363 left
launch odds 1 in 670
now ~1 in 726
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
$25,0001 in 80,00032
67%
$1,0001 in 34,28676
86%
$1001 in 682363208
57%
$601 in 625396235
59%
$501 in 1601,537939
61%
$301 in 1331,7931,106
62%
$251 in 347,0854,343
61%
$201 in 803,0381,846
61%
$151 in 803,0381,884
62%
$101 in 1516,18510,035
62%
$51 in 1024,28315,277
63%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$839,420
Current Prize Pool
$521,520
Payout Percentage
62.1%
Total Prizes Remaining
35,881

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
243,035
Estimated Remaining
151,059
% Remaining
62.2%
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

All 2 $25,000 top prizes left on July 10, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.

21
2
July 10October 19

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

63
VALUESCORE
Good
63
out of 100
Expected Value
25/40
Prize Quality
16/25
Win Frequency
11/20
Inventory Health
12/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
1167
Ticket Price
$5
Start Date
3/5/2026
Payout %
69.1%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.21 overall odds
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Money Madness scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. Money Madness scores 63/100 (Good) and is 2nd among the 12 $5 games South Dakota sells. It pays back about $0.69 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the Money Madness scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Money Madness are 1 in 4.21. This means roughly 1 in every 4 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Money Madness?
The top prize for Money Madness is $25,000. As of our latest update, 2 of 3 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 Madness (this game)631 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%
Max Money431 in 4.3568.7%$25K · 1 of 30.9%

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.