SC · #1643 · $2

Elf

South Carolina· scanned 49d ago

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.61

USA percentile

24th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

0

$30,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-06-17

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Elf is a $2 scratch-off game from the South Carolina (game #1643). As of the most recent daily scan, 0 top prizes of $30 remain unclaimed, as published by the South Carolina. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.42. Our models put its expected value at 0.61 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.61 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.61 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.Ranks in the 24th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$30K
0/3
0%
$1K
1/18
$200
92/292
$100
452/1.5K
$50
1.4K/4.5K
$40
694/2.2K
$25
3.0K/8.9K
$20
7.2K/21.8K
$10
13.4K/39.9K
$5
29.4K/79.8K
$4
34.5K/94.2K
$2
92.4K/239.4K

Total unclaimed prize value: $984,082 — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

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.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
SC median0.67 EV/$
YOU · 24th
USA: 24th percentileSC: 29th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d

Price vs EV — SC field

66 games · break-even highlighted
$0$6$12$220.000.300.601.06break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

No other active SC games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

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.

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