
South Carolina· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.76
USA percentile
83th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
2
$500,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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Cash Money is a $10 scratch-off game from the South Carolina lottery (game #1689). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $500,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the South Carolina lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.22. Our models put its expected value at 0.76 per dollar, returning about $0.76 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 3 of 14 $10 games on sale in South Carolina.
THE THESIS
At 0.76 EV/$, this game ranks 3 of 14 same-price games on sale in South Carolina (median 0.74).
Total unclaimed prize value: $22.95M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active SC games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.
Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
No other active SC games currently clear break-even.
Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.
States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.
ABOUT THIS GAME
As of October 25, 2026, 2 of the 4 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 10 prize levels the lottery reports, 720,293 of 1,514,083 prizes (48%) remain; the thinnest level is $200, with 47% of its prizes left.
At current prize levels a $10 ticket returns about $7.55 on average (0.76 per dollar), which ranks 3 of 14 $10 games on sale in South Carolina, above the $10 median of 0.74. Among every South Carolina game with a computable value it is 8 of 74; nationally it sits in the 83th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 128,794 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, none of them a top prize.
Figures come from the prize data the South Carolina lottery publishes (official game page), which Tirage checks daily; this page reflects the October 25, 2026 update. See how we calculate value.
SIMILAR PLAYS IN SC
Same state · same price tier · similar EV signal
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