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Weak valueActiveMoney Fever · $5 · South Dakota Lottery
Money Fever: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.28 on average.
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#10 of 18 · $5 SD games
▼ -2.4 pts vs launch#10 of 18 · $5 SD games
Money Fever is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.6%, down 2.4 percentage points from the launch value of 68.0%. 1 of the original 2 $40,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 34% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
65.6%
expected return
1 in 4.36
odds of any win
1 of 2
$40K top prizes left
34%
claimed · 83k of 246k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 37,264 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 27,080 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $100
$3.00 · 60.1% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $40K
$0.28 · 5.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $100 wins
37,258 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
34% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Feb 2026.
246k
tickets printed
83k
tickets claimed · 34%
162k
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
66%
50% of top prizes remain with 66% 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.
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