Are the top prizes in SOUTH DAKOTA HIDDEN GEMS still available?

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

What does a SOUTH DAKOTA HIDDEN GEMS ticket pay back?

You get back about 68¢ 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 · #1159

SOUTH DAKOTA HIDDEN GEMS

Updated today

2 top prizes are still unclaimed at $25,000. A $5 ticket returns about 68¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 68¢ about 68¢ when the game launched

Top prize $25,000 2 of 3 still unclaimed

How far along 47% about 47% of tickets already sold · roughly 130,543 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 4.07 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$25,000	2	3
$100	243	496
$50	1,236	2,476
$25	1,577	3,150
$20	2,604	5,128
$15	4,081	8,174
$10	8,632	16,402
$5	13,133	24,612

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6753 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.6825 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 4.07
Estimated tickets printed: 245,995
Estimated tickets remaining: 130,543
Estimated fraction sold: 0.4693
Game number: #1159

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.