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Decent valueActiveMillionaire Bonus · $10 · South Carolina Lottery
Millionaire Bonus: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.76 on average.
▲ +2.3 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $10 SC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:04 PM
▲ +2.3 pts vs launch#3 of 10 · $10 SC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:04 PM
Millionaire Bonus is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.6%, up 2.3 percentage points from the launch value of 75.3%. 1 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 85% of the 6.2M printed tickets have been sold.
77.6%
expected return
1 in 3.37
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
85%
claimed · 5.3M of 6.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 279,886 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $10
$15 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,243 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.76 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.28 · 62.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.42 · 4.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.06 · 10.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 943k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
279,566 winning tickets remain in this range: 81% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
85% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
6.2M
tickets printed
5.3M
tickets claimed · 85%
943k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
15%
25% of top prizes remain with only 15% 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
#3 of 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:04 PM.
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