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Poor valueActiveJumbo Bucks · $2 · South Carolina Lottery
Jumbo Bucks: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.19 on average.
▼ -10.0 pts vs launch#6 of 7 · $2 SC games
▼ -10.0 pts vs launch#6 of 7 · $2 SC games
Jumbo Bucks is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.5%, down 10.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.5%. 1 of the original 8 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
59.5%
expected return
1 in 4.33
odds of any win
1 of 8
$50K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 4.5M of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 88,434 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 95,648 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.19 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.06 · 53.0% of price
Mid prizes $50K
$0.13 · 6.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
88,433 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
4.8M
tickets printed
4.5M
tickets claimed · 92%
383k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
13%
Tickets left
8%
13% of top prizes remain with only 8% 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 $2 SC peers
#6 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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