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Weak valueActive$600,000 Cash Spectacular · $30 · South Dakota Lottery
$600,000 Cash Spectacular: Weak value. A $30 ticket pays back $19.01 on average.
▼ -11.6 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $30 SD games
▼ -11.6 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $30 SD games
$600,000 Cash Spectacular is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 63.4%, down 11.6 percentage points from the launch value of 74.9%. 0 of the original 2 $600,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 79% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
63.4%
expected return
1 in 3.29
odds of any win
0 of 2
$600K top prizes left
79%
claimed · 334k of 420k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 26,192 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $30
$50 – $300, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,314 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $19.01 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$18.80 · 62.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $600K
$0.21 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
26,183 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
79% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Dec 2024.
420k
tickets printed
334k
tickets claimed · 79%
86k
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
21%
0% of top prizes remain with 21% 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 $30 SD peers
#3 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data.
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