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Average valueActiveStar Power · $5 · South Carolina Lottery
Star Power: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.57 on average.
▲ +2.6 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $5 SC games
▲ +2.6 pts vs launch#4 of 9 · $5 SC games
Star Power is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, up 2.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 1 of the original 3 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 2.4M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 3.99
odds of any win
1 of 3
$200K top prizes left
87%
claimed · 2.1M of 2.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 75,815 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 5,042 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.57 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.86 · 57.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.71 · 14.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
75,799 winning tickets remain in this range: 80% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
2.4M
tickets printed
2.1M
tickets claimed · 87%
302k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
13%
33% of top prizes remain with only 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
#4 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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