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Weak valueActive50X The Cash · $10 · South Dakota Lottery
50X The Cash: Weak value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.37 on average.
▼ -8.3 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $10 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
▼ -8.3 pts vs launch#8 of 10 · $10 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
50X The Cash is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.7%, down 8.3 percentage points from the launch value of 72.0%. 0 of the original 2 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 0.3M printed tickets have been sold.
63.7%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
0 of 2
$100K top prizes left
75%
claimed · 251k of 335k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 21,265 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,919 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.37 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.31 · 63.1% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $100K
$0.06 · 0.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
21,264 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
335k
tickets printed
251k
tickets claimed · 75%
85k
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
25%
0% of top prizes remain with 25% 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 $10 SD peers
#8 of 10
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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