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Weak valueActiveJurassic Park · $10 · South Dakota Lottery
Jurassic Park: Weak value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.78 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#6 of 11 · $10 SD games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#6 of 11 · $10 SD games
Jurassic Park is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 67.8%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 1 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 53% of the 0.4M printed tickets have been sold.
67.8%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
1 of 2
$50K top prizes left
53%
claimed · 195k of 370k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 43,917 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,298 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.78 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.47 · 64.7% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.31 · 3.1% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
43,915 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
53% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
370k
tickets printed
195k
tickets claimed · 53%
175k
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
47%
50% of top prizes remain with only 47% 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
#6 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data.
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