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Weak valueActive$25,000 Gold Rush · $5 · South Dakota Lottery
$25,000 Gold Rush: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.29 on average.
▼ -2.8 pts vs launch#9 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:12 AM
▼ -2.8 pts vs launch#9 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:12 AM
$25,000 Gold Rush is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.8%, down 2.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.6%. 1 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 61% of the 0.3M printed tickets have been sold.
65.8%
expected return
1 in 4.09
odds of any win
1 of 3
$25K top prizes left
61%
claimed · 167k of 276k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 26,516 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 21,689 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $100
$3.02 · 60.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $25K
$0.27 · 5.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $100 wins
26,511 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
61% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
276k
tickets printed
167k
tickets claimed · 61%
108k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
39%
33% of top prizes remain with 39% 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
#9 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:12 AM.
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