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Average valueActiveHigh Voltage · $5 · South Carolina Lottery
High Voltage: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.57 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $5 SC games
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $5 SC games
High Voltage is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 70.8%. 4 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 3.0M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 3.87
odds of any win
4 of 4
$200K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 315k of 3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 704,159 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,784 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.20 · 63.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.37 · 7.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
703,939 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
10% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
3M
tickets printed
315k
tickets claimed · 10%
2.7M
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
90%
100% of top prizes remain with only 90% 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
#4 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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