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Poor valueActiveJunior Jumbo Bucks · $1 · South Carolina Lottery
Junior Jumbo Bucks: Poor value. A $1 ticket pays back $0.58 on average.
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $1 SC games
▼ -7.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $1 SC games
Junior Jumbo Bucks is a $1 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 7.0 percentage points from the launch value of 65.0%. 3 of the original 7 $10,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 4.0M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 4.77
odds of any win
3 of 7
$10K top prizes left
90%
claimed · 3.6M of 4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 80,860 winning tickets still unclaimed.
9 win more than $1
$2 – $100, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $1 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 96,415 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $0.58 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $1 – $500
$0.50 · 50.3% of price
Mid prizes $10K
$0.08 · 7.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$1 – $500 wins
80,857 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
4M
tickets printed
3.6M
tickets claimed · 90%
386k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
43%
Tickets left
10%
43% of top prizes remain with only 10% 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 $1 SC peers
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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