THE PRICE IS RIGHT™
South Carolina· scanned today
EV / Dollar
0.68
USA percentile
55th
of 2,154 games
Top prizes left
2
$200,000 tier
% sold-through
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2026-10-25
Forecast sellout
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THE PRICE IS RIGHT™ is a $5 scratch-off game from the South Carolina lottery (game #1688). As of the most recent daily scan, 2 top prizes of $200,000 remain unclaimed, as published by the South Carolina lottery. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.94. Our models put its expected value at 0.68 per dollar, returning about $0.68 per dollar on average at current prize levels, number 6 of 13 $5 games on sale in South Carolina.
THE THESIS
At 0.68 EV/$, this game ranks 6 of 13 same-price games on sale in South Carolina (median 0.68).
- 1.50% of $200,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
- 2.Ranks in the 55th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
Prize ladder
12 tiers · % remainingTotal unclaimed prize value: $6.92M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.
EV percentile · USA + state
vs 2,154 active gamesWhere 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.
Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining
historical + P50 projectionClaim heat · 30-day strip
claims per day, all tiersClaim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.
Price vs EV — SC field
74 games · break-even highlightedNo 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.
ABOUT THIS GAME
THE PRICE IS RIGHT™: prizes, value and pace
As of October 25, 2026, 2 of the 4 $200,000 top prizes are still unclaimed; across the 12 prize levels the lottery reports, 515,685 of 848,723 prizes (61%) remain.
At current prize levels a $5 ticket returns about $3.41 on average (0.68 per dollar), which ranks 6 of 13 $5 games on sale in South Carolina, level with the $5 median of 0.68. Among every South Carolina game with a computable value it is 27 of 74; nationally it sits in the 55th percentile. Like nearly every scratch-off, it pays back less than it costs on average.
Over the last 30 days, 40,064 prizes were claimed across the reported levels, including 1 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.
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Know when this one turns
We alert you the day a SC game crosses break-even, and send a weekly digest of what moved.