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Average valueActiveInstant Jackpot · $10 · South Dakota Lottery
Instant Jackpot: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.85 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $10 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#4 of 10 · $10 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
Instant Jackpot is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.5%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 69.3%. 1 of the original 2 $80,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
68.5%
expected return
1 in 3.81
odds of any win
1 of 2
$80K top prizes left
46%
claimed · 199k of 436k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 62,200 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $400, an actual profit
12 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 236,994 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.85 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $400
$6.51 · 65.1% of price
Mid prizes $80K
$0.34 · 3.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $400 wins
62,199 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2024.
436k
tickets printed
199k
tickets claimed · 46%
237k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
54%
50% of top prizes remain with 54% 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
#4 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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