Bits & Odds

South Dakota Lottery Numbers and Rules (September 2026)

Tonight's numbers, what a ticket costs in South Dakota, which add-ons South Dakota Lottery actually sells, and what all of that is worth — with the arithmetic shown.

At the jackpot standing after the September 16, 2026 draw, a $2 Powerball ticket bought in South Dakota is worth $0.76, 38c on the dollar, and South Dakota withholds nothing.

Multi-state games in South Dakota

What is different in South Dakota

Ticket price
$4 a line, all in
$2 base plus $1 each for Power Play and Double Play.
Power Play
On sale — $1
Multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10. We make the extra dollar worth about 46c.
Double Play
On sale — $1
A second drawing of the same numbers, every prize fixed, top prize $10 million. Worth about 53c per dollar — the best-value dollar on the ticket.
Prize structure
Fixed, as the chart
The published amounts are what you are paid — South Dakota does not adjust them for sales.
State withholding
None
No income tax. Federal withholding of 24% applies on top, everywhere.
Minimum age
18
South Dakota Lottery's own rule. Five jurisdictions set it higher.

Rules read from powerball.com and South Dakota Lottery on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.

South Dakota Lottery's own games

South Dakota Lottery runs draw games of its own, and their results are not in our database yet — we publish a game only once two independent official sources agree on every draw in its history, and we have not built that for South Dakota. Rather than republish a feed we have not checked, the page says so. South Dakota Lottery publishes its own results here.

What is on this page instead is the part nobody else computes: what the multi-state games are worth under South Dakota's rules, which is not what they are worth under anyone else's.

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South Dakota lottery questions

What lottery games can you play in South Dakota?
Mega Millions and Powerball, plus South Dakota Lottery's own draw games and scratch tickets. We publish the multi-state analysis and the South Dakota rules; South Dakota Lottery's own draw games are not in our database yet.
Does South Dakota sell Power Play and Double Play?
Both. Each costs $1 a play on top of the $2 ticket, so a full South Dakota line is $4. We price Power Play at about 46 cents per dollar and Double Play at about 53 cents.
How much tax does South Dakota withhold from lottery winnings?
Nothing — no income tax. Federal withholding of 24% still applies. The calculator does the rest.
Which South Dakota lottery game has the best odds?
Mega Millions, at 1 in 23.07 of winning something — though the prizes are correspondingly smaller, and winning often is not the same as winning much.
Where do these South Dakota numbers come from?
The multi-state games are cross-checked against several official sources before we publish them. Every source is listed here. The South Dakota rules on this page were read from powerball.com and South Dakota Lottery on 2026-09-22.

About the South Dakota Lottery

South Dakota Lottery sells Powerball and Mega Millions alongside its own games. 18 for scratch and lotto games; video lottery is 21. You must be 18 to buy a ticket, and a winning ticket has to be claimed in the jurisdiction where it was sold. lottery.sd.gov

Every jurisdiction is listed on the lottery hub — including Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah, which run no lottery at all.