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Weak valueActiveCash Lines · $3 · South Carolina Lottery
Cash Lines: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.99 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $3 SC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#3 of 4 · $3 SC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
Cash Lines is a $3 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.3%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 68.3%. 2 of the original 5 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 62% of the 2.7M printed tickets have been sold.
66.3%
expected return
1 in 4.01
odds of any win
2 of 5
$75K top prizes left
62%
claimed · 1.7M of 2.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 260,395 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $300, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $3 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 29,833 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.99 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $3 – $300
$1.81 · 60.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $75K
$0.18 · 5.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $300 wins
260,360 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
62% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
2.7M
tickets printed
1.7M
tickets claimed · 62%
1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
38%
40% of top prizes remain with only 38% 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 $3 SC peers
#3 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM.
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