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Average valueActiveBonus Game Bingo · $3 · South Dakota Lottery
Bonus Game Bingo: Average value. A $3 ticket pays back $2.05 on average.
▲ +3.0 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $3 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
▲ +3.0 pts vs launch#1 of 4 · $3 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
Bonus Game Bingo is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.3%, up 3.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.3%. 2 of the original 4 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 0.7M printed tickets have been sold.
68.3%
expected return
1 in 4.31
odds of any win
2 of 4
$20K top prizes left
89%
claimed · 654k of 737k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 19,112 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $3
$5 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 41,183 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.05 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.56 · 52.2% of price
Mid prizes $3K – $20K
$0.49 · 16.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
19,110 winning tickets remain in this range: 76% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
89% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2024.
737k
tickets printed
654k
tickets claimed · 89%
82k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
11%
50% of top prizes remain with only 11% 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 $3 SD peers
#1 of 4
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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