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Weak valueActiveMoney Fever · $5 · South Dakota Lottery
Money Fever: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.27 on average.
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#10 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:12 AM
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#10 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:12 AM
Money Fever is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.4%, down 2.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 1 of the original 2 $40,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
65.4%
expected return
1 in 4.36
odds of any win
1 of 2
$40K top prizes left
29%
claimed · 71k of 246k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 39,943 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 29,027 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $100
$3.01 · 60.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $40K
$0.26 · 5.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $100 wins
39,937 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
246k
tickets printed
71k
tickets claimed · 29%
174k
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
71%
50% of top prizes remain with 71% 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
#10 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:12 AM.
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