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Average valueActiveMoney Madness · $5 · South Dakota Lottery
Money Madness: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.40 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#4 of 18 · $5 SD games
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#4 of 18 · $5 SD games
Money Madness is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Dakota state lottery. Its current expected value is 68.0%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 2 of the original 3 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 24% of the 0.2M printed tickets have been sold.
68.0%
expected return
1 in 4.21
odds of any win
2 of 3
$25K top prizes left
24%
claimed · 57k of 243k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 44,141 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 23,230 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $100
$3.10 · 62.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $25K
$0.30 · 6.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $100 wins
44,133 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
24% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
243k
tickets printed
57k
tickets claimed · 24%
186k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
76%
67% of top prizes remain with 76% 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
#4 of 18
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Dakota Lottery published claim data.
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