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Weak valueActiveMoney Cashword · $3 · South Dakota Lottery
Money Cashword: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.86 on average.
▼ -3.7 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
▼ -3.7 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
Money Cashword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 62.0%, down 3.7 percentage points from the launch value of 65.7%. 1 of the original 4 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 1.1M printed tickets have been sold.
62.0%
expected return
1 in 4.31
odds of any win
1 of 4
$25K top prizes left
50%
claimed · 539k of 1.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 127,426 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $3
$5 – $300, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 91,541 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.86 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.81 · 60.5% of price
Mid prizes $25K
$0.05 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
127,425 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2025.
1.1M
tickets printed
539k
tickets claimed · 50%
549k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
50%
25% of top prizes remain with 50% 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 $3 SD peers
#2 of 4
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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