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Poor valueActiveCashword Gold · $10 · South Dakota Lottery
Cashword Gold: Poor value. A $10 ticket pays back $5.70 on average.
▼ -12.8 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $10 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
▼ -12.8 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $10 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
Cashword Gold is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.0%, down 12.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.8%. 0 of the original 2 $70,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 0.3M printed tickets have been sold.
57.0%
expected return
1 in 3.67
odds of any win
0 of 2
$70K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 267k of 307k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 11,027 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,093 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $5.70 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $700
$5.53 · 55.3% of price
Mid prizes $7K – $70K
$0.17 · 1.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $700 wins
11,026 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2024.
307k
tickets printed
267k
tickets claimed · 87%
40k
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
13%
0% of top prizes remain with 13% 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
#9 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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