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Average valueActiveTHE PRICE IS RIGHT™ · $5 · South Carolina Lottery
THE PRICE IS RIGHT™: Average value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.51 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $5 SC gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#6 of 8 · $5 SC gamesUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM
THE PRICE IS RIGHT™ is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 70.2%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 69.6%. 4 of the original 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 16% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
70.2%
expected return
1 in 3.94
odds of any win
4 of 4
$200K top prizes left
16%
claimed · 529k of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 714,417 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 2,867 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.51 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.13 · 62.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $200K
$0.38 · 7.6% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
714,147 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
16% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
3.3M
tickets printed
529k
tickets claimed · 16%
2.8M
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
84%
100% of top prizes remain with only 84% 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
#6 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jul 28, 2026, 12:04 PM.
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