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Weak valueActiveRuby Red 7'S · $5 · South Dakota Lottery
Ruby Red 7'S: Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.27 on average.
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#11 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#11 of 18 · $5 SD gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:13 AM
Ruby Red 7'S 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 $27,777 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
65.4%
expected return
1 in 4.13
odds of any win
1 of 2
$28K top prizes left
89%
claimed · 218k of 244k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 6,311 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$7 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 13,032 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 – $700
$2.20 · 44.1% of price
Mid prizes $28K
$1.07 · 21.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $700 wins
6,310 winning tickets remain in this range: 67% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
89% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2024.
244k
tickets printed
218k
tickets claimed · 89%
26k
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
11%
50% of top prizes remain with only 11% 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
#11 of 18
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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