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Weak valueActive$5,000 Gold Rush · $2 · South Dakota Lottery
$5,000 Gold Rush: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.20 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $2 SD games
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#3 of 5 · $2 SD games
$5,000 Gold Rush is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.0%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 67.0%. 2 of the original 6 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
60.0%
expected return
1 in 4.40
odds of any win
2 of 6
$5K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 356k of 429k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 16,686 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 36,700 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.20 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $100
$1.06 · 53.2% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$0.14 · 6.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $100 wins
16,684 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
429k
tickets printed
356k
tickets claimed · 83%
73k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
17%
33% of top prizes remain with only 17% 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 $2 SD peers
#3 of 5
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
1
$100 Frenzy
67.0%
2
Lots Of $100'S
61.5%
3
$5,000 Gold Rush
60.0%
4
10X Extreme Cash!
57.0%
5
Reindeer Riches
54.5%
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data.
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