Ranked 30th of 35 Tickets in South Carolina

Hit $250South Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Name: Hit $250 Odds & Prize Data
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VALUESCORE

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At a glance

Hit $250 is one of the South Carolina Lottery's $5 games. At 1 in 4.79, its overall odds are the longest of South Carolina's 10 $5 games. Its ValueScore of 31/100 (Below Avg) makes it 9th out of 10 $5 tickets in South Carolina.

Overall Odds

1 in 4.79

Exp. Value

$0.71

per $1 spent

Top Prize

$250

Top Prizes Left

5,860

Prizes Remaining

21%

ValueScore™

31 / 100

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Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:

$0.71

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BELOW AVERAGE

It is 9th of the 10 active $5 games in South Carolina, so most $5 alternatives will serve you better.

Why

↓Prizes hit less often here, roughly 21% per ticket (1 in 4.79).

Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 166 at launch, about 1 in 184 now. The $250 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
Weak prize quality: relatively few of the bigger top and mid-tier prizes are still unclaimed.
Most of this game's prizes are gone.

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Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19

$250

5,860 of 31,135 left

launch odds 1 in 166

now ~1 in 184

$50

2,609 of 13,801 left

launch odds 1 in 375

now ~1 in 414

$20

33,719 of 172,698 left

launch odds 1 in 30

now ~1 in 32

ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

Prize	Odds	Total	Left	Status
$250	1 in 167	31,135	5,860	19%
$50	1 in 375	13,801	2,609	19%
$20	1 in 30	172,698	33,719	20%
$10	1 in 12	431,740	87,641	20%
$5	1 in 12	431,755	95,469	22%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch

$18,403,935

Current Prize Pool

$3,623,585

Payout Percentage

19.7%

Total Prizes Remaining

225,298

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed

5,178,608

Estimated Remaining

1,079,177

% Remaining

20.8%

Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

Since April 6, when our records for it began, 25,220 $250 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 5,860. The most recent was on October 19.

31,0800

31,080

30,682

28,253

25,759

23,643

21,719

20,046

18,170

16,047

14,021

10,478

9,023

7,445

5,860

April 6October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 2.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for South Carolina's $5 games (2.2% a week).

From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.

ValueScore™ Breakdown

VALUESCORE

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out of 100

Expected Value

20/40

Prize Quality

5/25

Win Frequency

2/20

Inventory Health

4/15

Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

State: South Carolina
Game Number: 1671
Ticket Price: $5
Start Date: 3/30/2026
Payout %: 71.0%
Data Source: Official
Last Updated: 10/19/2026

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How many tickets?

$5.00 per ticket · 1 in 4.79 overall odds

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Hit $250 scratch-off a good buy?

Probably not. Hit $250 scores 31/100 (Below Average) and is 9th out of 10 $5 tickets in South Carolina. It pays back about $0.71 for every $1 spent.

What are the odds of winning the Hit $250 scratch-off?

The overall odds of winning any prize with Hit $250 are 1 in 4.79. This means roughly 1 in every 5 tickets wins a prize of any amount.

What is the top prize for Hit $250?

The top prize for Hit $250 is $250. As of our latest update, 5,860 top prizes remain unclaimed.

How many prizes are left in Hit $250?

Based on our latest data, 21% of all prize tickets remain (approximately 225,298 out of 1,081,129 total). The game is winding down. A significant portion of prizes have already been claimed.

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Hit $250 (this game)	31	1 in 4.79	71.0%	$250 · 5,860	2.4%
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Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.