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Decent valueActiveBig Match Bonus · $10 · South Carolina Lottery
Big Match Bonus: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.46 on average.
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $10 SC games
▼ -0.6 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $10 SC games
Big Match Bonus is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.6%, down 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 75.2%. 3 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 18% of the 6.4M printed tickets have been sold.
74.6%
expected return
1 in 3.23
odds of any win
3 of 4
$1M jackpots left
18%
claimed · 1.1M of 6.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,633,357 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $10
$15 – $300, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,321 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.46 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.49 · 64.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.40 · 4.0% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.57 · 5.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.9%
Just 3 tickets out of 5.3M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,631,608 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
18% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
6.4M
tickets printed
1.1M
tickets claimed · 18%
5.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
82%
75% of top prizes remain with 82% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
South Carolina Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 SC peers
#5 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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