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Average valueActiveCash Flow · $20 · South Dakota Lottery
Cash Flow: Average value. A $20 ticket pays back $14.77 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $20 SD gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:12 PM
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#4 of 7 · $20 SD gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:12 PM
Cash Flow is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.8%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 73.9%. 430 of the original 441 $1,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 3% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
73.8%
expected return
1 in 3.94
odds of any win
430 of 441
$1K top prizes left
3%
claimed · 6k of 215k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 53,111 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$40 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 487 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $14.77 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $100
$12.72 · 63.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K
$2.05 · 10.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $100 wins
52,681 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
3% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
215k
tickets printed
6k
tickets claimed · 3%
209k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
98%
Tickets left
97%
98% of top prizes remain with only 97% 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 $20 SD peers
#4 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:12 PM.
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