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Poor valueActiveLady Jumbo Bucks Crossword · $3 · South Carolina Lottery
Lady Jumbo Bucks Crossword: Poor value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.74 on average.
▼ -11.0 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $3 SC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM
▼ -11.0 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $3 SC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM
Lady Jumbo Bucks Crossword is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 58.0%, down 11.0 percentage points from the launch value of 69.0%. 1 of the original 7 $100,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 91% of the 4.2M printed tickets have been sold.
58.0%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
1 of 7
$100K top prizes left
91%
claimed · 3.9M of 4.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 98,165 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $3
$5 – $150, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 55,936 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.74 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $500
$1.48 · 49.4% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.26 · 8.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
98,163 winning tickets remain in this range: 85% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
91% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
4.2M
tickets printed
3.9M
tickets claimed · 91%
392k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
14%
Tickets left
9%
14% of top prizes remain with only 9% 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 $3 SC peers
#4 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM.
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