SC · #1614 · $5

Hit $250

South Carolina· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.48

USA percentile

2th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

547

$250 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

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Hit $250 is a $5 scratch-off game from the South Carolina (game #1614). As of the most recent daily scan, 547 top prizes of $250 remain unclaimed, as published by the South Carolina. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 4.79. Our models put its expected value at 0.48 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.48 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.48 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.2% of $250 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 2nd percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

5 tiers · % remaining
$250
547/30.9K
2%
$50
308/13.7K
$20
4.7K/171.5K
$10
15.4K/428.7K
$5
24.2K/428.6K

Total unclaimed prize value: $520,610 — 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 · 2th
USA: 2th percentileSC: 5th 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 · -1%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

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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