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Decent valueActiveGold Vault Extra Play · $10 · South Carolina Lottery
Gold Vault Extra Play: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.42 on average.
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $10 SC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:04 PM
▼ -1.0 pts vs launch#9 of 10 · $10 SC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:04 PM
Gold Vault Extra Play is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.2%, down 1.0 percentage points from the launch value of 75.2%. 2 of the original 5 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 51% of the 6.2M printed tickets have been sold.
74.2%
expected return
1 in 3.57
odds of any win
2 of 5
$500K top prizes left
51%
claimed · 3.2M of 6.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 839,574 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$15 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 809 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.98 · 69.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.44 · 4.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
839,478 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
51% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
6.2M
tickets printed
3.2M
tickets claimed · 51%
3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
49%
40% of top prizes remain with 49% 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
#9 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:04 PM.
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