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Decent valueActiveMagnificent Jumbo Bucks · $20 · South Carolina Lottery
Magnificent Jumbo Bucks: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.46 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $20 SC games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#4 of 4 · $20 SC games
Magnificent Jumbo Bucks is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.3%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 77.8%. 1 of the original 7 $2,500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 12.2M printed tickets have been sold.
77.3%
expected return
1 in 3.09
odds of any win
1 of 7
$2.5M jackpots left
88%
claimed · 10.8M of 12.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 469,579 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$30 – $400, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,137 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.46 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $400
$12.72 · 63.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$1.02 · 5.1% of price
Jackpots $2.5M+
$1.72 · 8.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.7%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.5M carry the $2.5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $400 wins
468,303 winning tickets remain in this range: 82% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
12.2M
tickets printed
10.8M
tickets claimed · 88%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
14%
Tickets left
12%
14% of top prizes remain with only 12% 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 $20 SC peers
#4 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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