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Weak valueActiveMy Money Maker ($5) · $5 · South Carolina Lottery
My Money Maker ($5): Weak value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.02 on average.
▼ -10.0 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $5 SC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM
▼ -10.0 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $5 SC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:04 AM
My Money Maker ($5) is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 60.4%, down 10.0 percentage points from the launch value of 70.4%. 0 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 3.6M printed tickets have been sold.
60.4%
expected return
1 in 3.98
odds of any win
0 of 4
$200K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 3.2M of 3.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 114,623 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $5
$10 – $250, an actual profit
12 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 3,564 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.02 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.96 · 59.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.06 · 1.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
114,595 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
3.6M
tickets printed
3.2M
tickets claimed · 87%
456k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
13%
0% of top prizes remain with 13% 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
#10 of 11
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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