South Dakota · Best ValueScore™ Scratch-Offs
South Dakota's #1 scratch-off right now is Diamond Deluxe with a ValueScore™ of 99/100. ValueScore™ combines expected value, prize quality, win frequency, and inventory health into a single 0 to 100 rating, updated daily.
| Rank | Game | Price | ValueScore™ | Overall Odds | Top Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diamond Deluxe | $30 | 99 | 1 in 3.47 | $650K |
| 2 | 100X Extreme Cash | $20 | 91 | 1 in 3.56 | $300K |
| 3 | $200,000 Winning 7s | $20 | 91 | 1 in 3.36 | $200K |
| 4 | Cash Flow | $20 | 89 | 1 in 3.94 | $1K |
| 5 | $1,000 Frenzy | $10 | 88 | 1 in 3.96 | $50K |
| 6 | 50X Extreme Cash | $10 | 79 | 1 in 3.98 | $100K |
| 7 | Cashword Supreme | $10 | 71 | 1 in 3.67 | $70K |
| 8 | Instant Jackpot | $10 | 70 | 1 in 3.77 | $80K |
| 9 | $500 Frenzy | $5 | 70 | 1 in 4.51 | $25K |
| 10 | $70,000 Gold Rush | $10 | 70 | 1 in 3.99 | $70K |
| 11 | Platinum Payout | $20 | 69 | 1 in 3.54 | $200K |
| 12 | 100X The Cash | $20 | 69 | 1 in 3.65 | $300K |
| 13 | Money Madness | $5 | 67 | 1 in 4.21 | $25K |
| 14 | Extreme 8s | $5 | 65 | 1 in 4.24 | $9K |
| 15 | $600,000 Cash Spectacular | $30 | 65 | 1 in 3.29 | $600K |
| 16 | 20X Extreme Cash | $5 | 64 | 1 in 4.35 | $40K |
| 17 | Hidden Gems | $5 | 59 | 1 in 4.07 | $25K |
| 18 | $50, $150, $250 | $10 | 59 | 1 in 9.56 | $250 |
| 19 | Money Maker | $30 | 58 | 1 in 3.45 | $350K |
| 20 | $50,000 Mad Money | $10 | 57 | 1 in 3.81 | $50K |
| 21 | Big Money | $20 | 56 | 1 in 3.41 | $200K |
| 22 | Jurassic Park | $10 | 55 | 1 in 3.98 | $50K |
| 23 | Money Box Bingo | $3 | 54 | 1 in 4.3 | $20K |
| 24 | Game of Thrones™ | $10 | 54 | 1 in 3.98 | $50K |
| 25 | $100 Frenzy | $2 | 53 | 1 in 4.51 | $5K |
| 26 | Merry & Bright | $5 | 52 | 1 in 4.11 | $10K |
| 27 | Win Win Win | $20 | 51 | 1 in 3.92 | $1K |
| 28 | $25,000 Gold Rush | $5 | 50 | 1 in 4.09 | $25K |
| 29 | 50X The Cash | $10 | 50 | 1 in 3.98 | $100K |
| 30 | Fab 4 | $5 | 50 | 1 in 4.07 | $40K |
| 31 | Cashword Gold | $10 | 48 | 1 in 3.67 | $70K |
| 32 | One-Word Crossword | $5 | 48 | 1 in 4.01 | $40K |
| 33 | Max Money | $5 | 47 | 1 in 4.35 | $25K |
| 34 | Money Fever | $5 | 45 | 1 in 4.36 | $40K |
| 35 | Ruby Red 7’s | $5 | 40 | 1 in 4.13 | $28K |
| 36 | Super Hot 777s | $5 | 38 | 1 in 4.21 | $25K |
| 37 | 20X The Cash | $5 | 37 | 1 in 4.23 | $40K |
| 38 | Extreme Green | $5 | 36 | 1 in 4.23 | $25K |
| 39 | Vaults of Cash | $3 | 34 | 1 in 4.81 | $25K |
| 40 | Crossword X | $5 | 32 | 1 in 4.01 | $40K |
| 41 | Money Cashword | $3 | 32 | 1 in 4.31 | $25K |
| 42 | Joker’s Wild | $5 | 26 | 1 in 4.81 | $30K |
| 43 | Fast Cash | $5 | 26 | 1 in 4.25 | $40K |
| 44 | $5,000 Gold Rush | $2 | 26 | 1 in 4.4 | $5K |
| 45 | Lots of $100’s | $2 | 24 | 1 in 4.75 | $100 |
| 46 | Cash Wheel | $3 | 24 | 1 in 4.13 | $25K |
| 47 | 10X Extreme Cash | $2 | 22 | 1 in 4.49 | $10K |
| 48 | MULTiPLier Bingo | $3 | 22 | 1 in 4.35 | $20K |
| 49 | Lucky 7 | $1 | 21 | 1 in 4.37 | $500 |
| 50 | Reindeer Riches | $2 | 19 | 1 in 4.39 | $2K |
| 51 | Moola | $1 | 16 | 1 in 4.37 | $500 |
| 52 | $1,000 Gold Rush | $1 | 14 | 1 in 4.35 | $1K |
| 53 | 10X The Cash | $2 | 14 | 1 in 4.49 | $10K |
| 54 | Let It $now | $1 | 11 | 1 in 4.73 | $1K |
| 55 | 5X The Cash | $1 | 9 | 1 in 4.79 | $5K |
How ValueScore is built
Most people judge a scratch off by two numbers: the overall odds printed on the ticket, and maybe how many prizes are left. Both are easy to read, and both mislead on their own. Overall odds only tell you how often any prize hits, and most of those are break-even reprints. A ticket can advertise 1 in 3 and still be a bad buy once the prizes worth winning are gone. Remaining-prize countshave the opposite blind spot: “400 prizes left” means nothing without the price, the odds, and how many of the top prizes are actually still in the pool.
ValueScore reads all of it at once and rates what those two numbers can’t see on their own. It blends the four signals that actually decide whether a ticket is worth buying, which is why our top pick in South Dakota often looks nothing like the game with the flashiest odds:
- Expected Value (weighted most heavily). Published per-ticket return across the full prize structure, not just the headline odds.
- Prize Quality. How much of the payout sits in prizes worth winning versus tiny break-even reprints.
- Win Frequency. Your probability of any prize per ticket.
- Inventory Health. Top prizes still unclaimed versus tickets remaining. This is the one the ticket can’t show you: a game with great printed odds whose jackpots are already gone. (Exact weighting is proprietary.)
Scores recompute after every successful South Dakota scrape, so a game listed at the top last week may have moved. See the national ValueScore ranking for cross-state context.