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Decent valueActiveBig Match Bonus · $10 · South Carolina Lottery
Big Match Bonus: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.55 on average.
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $10 SC games
▲ +0.3 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $10 SC games
Big Match Bonus is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.5%, up 0.3 percentage points from the launch value of 75.2%. 3 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 30% of the 6.4M printed tickets have been sold.
75.5%
expected return
1 in 3.23
odds of any win
3 of 4
$1M jackpots left
30%
claimed · 1.9M of 6.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,386,669 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $10
$15 – $300, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,325 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.48 · 64.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.40 · 4.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.67 · 6.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.8%
Just 3 tickets out of 4.5M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,385,186 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
30% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
6.4M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 30%
4.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
70%
75% of top prizes remain with only 70% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
South Carolina Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 SC peers
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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