Hit $50South Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The South Carolina Lottery sells Hit $50 as a $1 ticket. The South Carolina Lottery stops selling it on December 16, 2026. Top prizes have been claimed faster than tickets sold, so the $50 prize now runs about 1 in 361 by our estimate, against 1 in 191 at launch. At 1 in 5.62, its overall odds are the longest of South Carolina's 5 $1 games. 52% of its winning tickets pay $1 or less, no more than the ticket cost.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 191 at launch, about 1 in 361 now. The $50 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Softer expected value here: only $0.63 of each $1 comes back as prizes.
- Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50 | 1 in 190 | 18,851 | 1,114 | 6% |
| $20 | 1 in 889 | 4,021 | 240 | 6% |
| $10 | 1 in 200 | 17,982 | 1,221 | 7% |
| $5 | 1 in 100 | 35,835 | 2,814 | 8% |
| $4 | 1 in 100 | 35,882 | 3,070 | 9% |
| $2 | 1 in 19 | 191,499 | 19,861 | 10% |
| $1 | 1 in 11 | 335,062 | 43,182 | 13% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 23, when our records for it began, 17,735 $50 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1,114. The most recent was on October 19.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for South Carolina's $1 games (2.8% 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
Game Details
- State
- South Carolina
- Game Number
- 1685
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 3/16/2026
- Payout %
- 62.5%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $1 ticket in South Carolina
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triple Red 777 ($1) | 36 | 1 in 4.84 | 62.5% | $5K · 3 | - |
| Junior Jumbo Bucks | 34 | 1 in 4.77 | 64.7% | $10K · 3 | 4.2% |
| Match 2 Win | 16 | 1 in 4.84 | 62.5% | $5K · 2 | 4.0% |
| Junior Jumbo Bucks (Game #1666) | 11 | 1 in 4.77 | 64.7% | $10K · 3 | 0.2% |
| Hit $50 (this game) | 7 | 1 in 5.62 | 62.5% | $50 · 1,114 | 1.6% |
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.