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Weak valueActiveQuick Cash · $2 · South Carolina Lottery
Quick Cash: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.30 on average.
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $2 SC games
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $2 SC games
Quick Cash is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 65.0%, down 2.5 percentage points from the launch value of 67.5%. 1 of the original 4 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 3.1M printed tickets have been sold.
65.0%
expected return
1 in 4.40
odds of any win
1 of 4
$30K top prizes left
62%
claimed · 1.9M of 3.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 266,640 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$4 – $250, an actual profit
12 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 46,925 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $250
$1.25 · 62.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $30K
$0.05 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $250 wins
266,615 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
62% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
3.1M
tickets printed
1.9M
tickets claimed · 62%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
38%
25% of top prizes remain with 38% 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
#5 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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