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Average valueActiveCash Flow · $20 · South Dakota Lottery
Cash Flow: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.76 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $20 SD games
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $20 SD games
Cash Flow is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.8%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 73.9%. 418 of the original 441 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 5% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
73.8%
expected return
1 in 3.94
odds of any win
418 of 441
$1K top prizes left
5%
claimed · 10k of 215k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 51,893 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$40 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 489 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.76 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $100
$12.72 · 63.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$2.04 · 10.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $100 wins
51,475 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
5% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
215k
tickets printed
10k
tickets claimed · 5%
204k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
95%
Tickets left
95%
95% of top prizes remain with 95% 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 $20 SD peers
#4 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data.
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