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Average valueActiveIn the Green · $5 · South Carolina Lottery
In the Green: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.50 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $5 SC games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $5 SC games
In the Green is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.0%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 70.8%. 2 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 51% of the 3.4M printed tickets have been sold.
70.0%
expected return
1 in 3.95
odds of any win
2 of 4
$200K top prizes left
51%
claimed · 1.7M of 3.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 415,805 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 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 2,184 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.50 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.21 · 64.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.29 · 5.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
415,726 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
51% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
3.4M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 51%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
49%
50% of top prizes remain with only 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 $5 SC peers
#6 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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