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Average valueActiveTHE PRICE IS RIGHT™ · $5 · South Carolina Lottery
THE PRICE IS RIGHT™: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.55 on average.
▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $5 SC games
▲ +1.4 pts vs launch#3 of 8 · $5 SC games
THE PRICE IS RIGHT™ is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.0%, up 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 69.6%. 4 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
71.0%
expected return
1 in 3.94
odds of any win
4 of 4
$200K top prizes left
28%
claimed · 935k of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 611,517 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
11 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 2,896 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.13 · 62.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.42 · 8.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
611,290 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
3.3M
tickets printed
935k
tickets claimed · 28%
2.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
72%
100% of top prizes remain with only 72% 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
#3 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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