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Weak valueActive$500 Frenzy · $5 · South Dakota Lottery
$500 Frenzy: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.32 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jul 13, 2026, 12:12 PM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#7 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jul 13, 2026, 12:12 PM
$500 Frenzy is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.4%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 66.2%. 3 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 0.3M printed tickets have been sold.
66.4%
expected return
1 in 4.51
odds of any win
3 of 3
$25K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 4k of 294k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 64,160 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $5
$10 – $50, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 549 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.32 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.06 · 61.2% of price
Mid prizes $25K
$0.26 · 5.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
64,157 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
294k
tickets printed
4k
tickets claimed · 1%
289k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
99%
100% of top prizes remain with only 99% 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
#7 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 13, 2026, 12:12 PM.
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