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Average valueActiveGiant Jumbo Bucks · $5 · South Carolina Lottery
Giant Jumbo Bucks: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.58 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 8 · $5 SC games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#1 of 8 · $5 SC games
Giant Jumbo Bucks is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.6%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 71.4%. 6 of the original 6 $250,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 5.9M printed tickets have been sold.
71.6%
expected return
1 in 3.97
odds of any win
6 of 6
$250K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 86k of 5.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,472,505 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 13,196 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.31 · 66.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $250K
$0.27 · 5.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,472,445 winning tickets remain in this range: 93% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
5.9M
tickets printed
86k
tickets claimed · 1%
5.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
99%
100% of top prizes remain with only 99% 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 $5 SC peers
#1 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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