Are the top prizes in $500 FRENZY still available?

2 of 3 top prizes worth $25,000 are still unclaimed.

What does a $500 FRENZY ticket pay back?

You get back about 65¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the South Dakota Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

South Dakota · $5 ticket · #1195

$500 FRENZY

Updated today

2 top prizes are still unclaimed at $25,000. A $5 ticket returns about 65¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 65¢ about 66¢ when the game launched

Top prize $25,000 2 of 3 still unclaimed

How far along 17% about 17% of tickets already sold · roughly 243,747 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 4.51 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$25,000	2	3
$500	443	528
$50	923	1,138
$25	2,819	3,452
$20	2,814	3,456
$10	22,827	27,696
$5	24,098	28,824

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6508 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.6624 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 4.51
Estimated tickets printed: 293,587
Estimated tickets remaining: 243,747
Estimated fraction sold: 0.1698
Game number: #1195

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

Source: the South Dakota Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.