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Weak valueActive20X The Cash · $5 · South Dakota Lottery
20X The Cash: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.13 on average.
▼ -6.4 pts vs launch#13 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
▼ -6.4 pts vs launch#13 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
20X The Cash is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.6%, down 6.4 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 0 of the original 2 $40,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
62.6%
expected return
1 in 4.23
odds of any win
0 of 2
$40K top prizes left
70%
claimed · 298k of 424k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 29,683 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 125,533 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.13 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $100
$3.12 · 62.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $40K
$0.01 · 0.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $100 wins
29,682 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
424k
tickets printed
298k
tickets claimed · 70%
126k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
30%
0% of top prizes remain with 30% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
South Dakota Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 SD peers
#13 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM.
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