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Average valueActiveHit $500 · $10 · South Carolina Lottery
Hit $500: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.39 on average.
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $10 SC games
▼ -1.6 pts vs launch#7 of 9 · $10 SC games
Hit $500 is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.9%, down 1.6 percentage points from the launch value of 75.5%. 21,452 of the original 70,213 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 10.2M printed tickets have been sold.
73.9%
expected return
1 in 4.45
odds of any win
21,452 of 70,213
$500 top prizes left
68%
claimed · 6.9M of 10.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 723,948 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $10
$15 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 150 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.39 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$7.39 · 73.9% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
723,948 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
10.2M
tickets printed
6.9M
tickets claimed · 68%
3.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
31%
Tickets left
32%
31% of top prizes remain with 32% 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
#7 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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