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Weak valueActiveLOTERIA™ · $3 · South Carolina Lottery
LOTERIA™: Weak value. A $3 ticket pays back $1.99 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 SC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $3 SC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
LOTERIA™ 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%. 1 of the original 4 $75,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 92% of the 2.7M printed tickets have been sold.
66.3%
expected return
1 in 4.05
odds of any win
1 of 4
$75K top prizes left
92%
claimed · 2.5M of 2.7M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 51,568 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $3
$5 – $150, 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 13,924 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 – $500
$1.58 · 52.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $75K
$0.41 · 13.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$3 – $500 wins
51,565 winning tickets remain in this range: 79% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
92% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
2.7M
tickets printed
2.5M
tickets claimed · 92%
209k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
8%
25% of top prizes remain with only 8% 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
#2 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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