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Weak valueActiveExtreme Green · $5 · South Dakota Lottery
Extreme Green: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.33 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#6 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#6 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
Extreme Green is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.6%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 1 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 80% of the 0.3M printed tickets have been sold.
66.6%
expected return
1 in 4.23
odds of any win
1 of 3
$25K top prizes left
80%
claimed · 244k of 306k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 14,735 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 8,901 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.33 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.93 · 58.6% of price
Mid prizes $25K
$0.40 · 8.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
14,734 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
80% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2025.
306k
tickets printed
244k
tickets claimed · 80%
62k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
20%
33% of top prizes remain with only 20% 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 $5 SD peers
#6 of 18
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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