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Poor valueActiveMoola · $1 · South Dakota Lottery
Moola: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $1 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
▼ -4.0 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $1 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
Moola is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 4.0 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 22 of the original 90 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 1.8M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.37
odds of any win
22 of 90
$500 top prizes left
71%
claimed · 1.3M of 1.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 118,922 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 23,622 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.58 · 58.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
118,922 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2023.
1.8M
tickets printed
1.3M
tickets claimed · 71%
520k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
24%
Tickets left
29%
24% of top prizes remain with 29% 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 $1 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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