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Average valueActiveSouth Dakota Hidden Gems · $5 · South Dakota Lottery
South Dakota Hidden Gems: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.50 on average.
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#2 of 18 · $5 SD games
▲ +1.8 pts vs launch#2 of 18 · $5 SD games
South Dakota Hidden Gems is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, up 1.8 percentage points from the launch value of 68.2%. 3 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 4.07
odds of any win
3 of 3
$25K top prizes left
28%
claimed · 68k of 246k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 43,633 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
10 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 59,189 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $100
$3.08 · 61.6% of price
Mid prizes $25K
$0.42 · 8.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $100 wins
43,630 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
246k
tickets printed
68k
tickets claimed · 28%
178k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
72%
100% of top prizes remain with only 72% 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
#2 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data.
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