This page is your hub for everything to do with the South Dakota Lottery. Find out all about the games on offer, from the Mount Rushmore State's own Dakota Cash game, to the massive multi-state Powerball lottery. Rules, results, draw times, how to claim prizes, and much more - read on!
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The SD Lottery offers five exciting draw games, including their flagship Dakota Cash game, only available in South Dakota! Use the table below to check the draw days and times.
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South Dakota Cash |
Wednesday: 9:00pm Saturday: 9:00pm |
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South Dakota Cash Draw: 9:00 PM |
$63,000
Estimated jackpot
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South Dakota Cash Draw: 9:00 PM |
$63,000
Estimated jackpot
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Dakota Cash is the state's very own jackpot game, with drawings held on Wednesday and Saturday nights. The top prize starts at $20,000 and increases in value until it's won. Tickets cost $1 per play, and an additional $1 per play to use the EZ Match add-on. EZ Match is an instant-win game where you can land you a payout of up to $100 at the point of sale!
About CashAs well as Dakota Cash, there are four multi-state games to enjoy in the Mount Rushmore State - Powerball, Mega Millions, Millionaire for Life and Lotto America.
Want to play South Dakota Lottery games but don't want to wait around for a drawing to take place? With scratch tickets, impatience can now be considered a virtue! These instant win games are available from authorized South Dakota Lottery retailers and can net you a big cash prize in just a few seconds.
The South Dakota Lottery also operates video lottery terminals across the state. These slot machines are centrally operated and have contributed more than $1 billion in revenue since 1989. Games include bingo, poker, blackjack and keno.
Did you know? The South Dakota Lottery awards an average of $2,100,000 worth of prizes to players every day. Because South Dakota is one of the "emptier" states, there aren't as many big winners as the others. After all, fewer people = fewer lottery players! There have been plenty of incredible jackpots won in-state regardless. For example, the biggest ever Dakota Cash jackpot was won in 2017, worth $612,000. What would you do with that kind of cash? They’ve also had a few big multi-state wins.
Neal Wanless of Mission landed South Dakota’s biggest-ever lottery win after purchasing a ticket at the Ampride store in the aptly-named city of Winner. Wanless, a 23-year-old rancher at the time, said he just wanted to ‘go home and ride horses and check cows’ when he came forward to claim his money. He had used family birthdays for his numbers and chose the cash option of $118 million.
Bill and Tina Nguyen from Pierre grabbed a nine-figure jackpot with a ticket that Bill had bought when he stopped for gas ahead of a fishing trip to Hayes Lake. With the SD Lottery office located in Pierre, they only had to make a short trip to claim their money, opting for the lump sum of $51.5 million. The win allowed the couple to sell off their nail salon to an employee.
Players have 180 days from the date of the relevant lottery draw to claim their prizes, or for scratch-offs, 180 days after the official end date of the game. Any prizes unclaimed after this date will be returned to the prize pool for future South Dakota Lottery games.
Winnings of $600+ are reported to the IRS by the SD Lottery. While South Dakota does not levy any taxes on lottery winnings, prizes worth $5,000 or more are subject to a federal withholding tax of 24%.
If you've won a lottery prize worth $100 or less, you can cash in at any South Dakota Lottery retailer or claim by mail (see details below).
Prizes of more than $100 may be claimed by mail or in person at a lottery office. Prizes worth $101 to $5,000 can also be claimed digitally using the official South Dakota Lottery app. Once you've downloaded the app, you can use it to scan your winning ticket, at which point you'll be invited to fill out a digital claims form. The first time you claim a prize this way, it can take up to eight days to process, but future prize claims should will be completed in just four!
If you aren't able to visit South Dakota in person to claim your prize, and you aren't able to use the digital claims route, then your only option is to mail your claim to the South Dakota lottery. Prizes of any value can be claimed by mail.
Of course, this option is also open to anyone who does meet those conditions, but would prefer to mail their claim anyway. Simply sign the back of your ticket, complete a claim form, and mail to:
South Dakota Lottery
711 E. Wells Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Prizes of any value can be claimed at the South Dakota lottery offices, and branches are located in Pierre, Sioux Falls, and Rapid City.
711 E Wells Ave, Pierre, SD 57501 
The South Dakota Lottery was established in November 1986 by popular vote. Tickets went on sale on September 30, 1987. In 1989, the Video Lottery was established, but not without some dissatisfaction among South Dakota residents. At one point, the debate over the legality of the game resulted in a State Supreme Court case. However, the game has now been operating continuously since 1994, with subsequent legal challenges dismissed.
South Dakota joined the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) in 1990 and started selling Lotto America tickets in November of that year. In 1992, the game was replaced by Powerball. Dakota Cash tickets first went on sale in 1993 and the state began selling Mega Millions tickets in 2010. In 2017, Lotto*America was re-launched and went on sale in South Dakota, alongside the Lucky for Life annuity lottery. Millionaire for Life replaced Lucky for Life in 2026.
Since 1987, the South Dakota Lottery has contributed over $3.9 billion to several different state funds. The recipients of lottery revenue are the State General Fund, the Property Tax Reduction Fund, and the Capital Construction Fund.