Are the top prizes in ONE-WORD CROSSWORD still available?

1 of 3 top prizes worth $40,000 are still unclaimed.

What does a ONE-WORD CROSSWORD ticket pay back?

You get back about 62¢ 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 · #1152

ONE-WORD CROSSWORD

Updated today

1 top prize is still unclaimed at $40,000. A $5 ticket returns about 62¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 62¢ about 67¢ when the game launched

Top prize $40,000 1 of 3 still unclaimed

How far along 57% about 57% of tickets already sold · roughly 315,067 tickets left (estimated) 1 in 4.01 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$40,000	1	3
$1,000	4	12
$500	11	30
$100	468	1,232
$50	965	2,431
$30	3,142	8,142
$20	13,031	33,379
$15	13,031	33,383
$10	11,150	27,285
$5	33,435	75,845

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6180 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.6741 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 4.01
Estimated tickets printed: 728,785
Estimated tickets remaining: 315,067
Estimated fraction sold: 0.5677
Game number: #1152

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.