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South Dakota scratch-off statistics

33 games on sale · average odds 1 in 4.29 · 35 top prizes of $10,000+ still out there

South Dakota at a glance

Updated November 7, 2026. These numbers cover every scratch-off South Dakota is selling right now.

Games on sale
33
Average odds
1 in 4.29
odds of winning any prize
Best odds in the state
1 in 3.36
Average payout
67.7%
about 68 cents of every $1 comes back as prizes
Top prizes left ($10,000+)
35
1 game has no top prize left
Top prize money left
$4.0M
at least this much, counting top prizes of $10,000+
Average ValueScore™
54.2
out of 100, across 33 games
New in the last 90 days
3
0 games stopped selling

What each ticket price gets you in South Dakota

More expensive tickets usually have better odds and pay back more of what you spend. Here is every South Dakota game grouped by ticket price.

PriceGames% of gamesAverage oddsAverage payoutAverage ValueScore™
$1 tickets3
9%
1 in 4.4762.2%32.1
$2 tickets3
9%
1 in 4.5562.9%34.9
$3 tickets3
9%
1 in 4.4765.6%37.6
$5 tickets12
36%
1 in 4.2267.9%48.1
$10 tickets6
18%
1 in 4.8671.7%69.9
$20 tickets4
12%
1 in 3.6074.8%81.8
$30 tickets2
6%
1 in 3.4659.8%75.0
Sales numbers coming soon
We only show sales numbers we can match to the lottery's own yearly report, and we haven't added South Dakota's yet. Everything above comes from the games on sale right now.

How many South Dakota top prizes get claimed each month

We check how many prizes are left in every game, every day. This chart shows how many top prizes were claimed each month, across 24 games with a top prize of $10,000 or more. That's 9 top prizes claimed in total.

Jul 20263
Aug 20264
Sep 20261
Oct 20261
Nov 20260

Top prizes claimed each month. We only count a new game from the day we started tracking it, so its first month can look low.

How South Dakota games score

Our ValueScore™ rates each game from 0 to 100. It looks at how much the game pays back, how good the prizes are, how often it wins, and how many big prizes are left. Games are scored against other games in South Dakota, so a high score means it's one of the better tickets in the state.

Good (60+)
13
39% of games
OK (40-59)
11
33% of games
Poor (under 40)
9
27% of games

See every game ranked on the South Dakota ValueScore™ ranking, or compare South Dakota with other states on the all-states page.

Common questions

How many scratch-off games does South Dakota have?

South Dakota has 33 scratch-off games on sale right now, priced from $1 to $30. 3 new games came out in the last 90 days.

What are the average odds on a South Dakota scratch-off?

The average odds of winning any prize on a South Dakota scratch-off are 1 in 4.29. The game with the best odds right now is 1 in 3.36. These odds count every prize, including wins that only give you your money back.

How much top-prize money is still out there in South Dakota?

At least $4.0M in top prizes hasn't been won yet in South Dakota, spread across 35 top prizes. The real number is higher. We only count top prizes worth $10,000 or more, and only in games where the lottery tells us how many are left.

Where these numbers come from
Game counts, odds, payouts, and prizes left come from the South Dakotalottery's own website, and we check it every day. For top prizes, we only count games with a top prize of $10,000or more. A game with a $100 top prize can have hundreds of thousands of them, and that would throw off the totals. Our monthly claim counts start in March 2026. We copy sales numbers by hand from each yearly report, and every row links to where it came from. If the lottery doesn't publish a number, we show a dash instead of guessing.