Are the top prizes in Hit $250 still available?

12797 of 31135 top prizes worth $250 are still unclaimed.

What does a Hit $250 ticket pay back?

You get back about 69¢ of every $1, on average. That is an estimate from the South Carolina Lottery's published prize counts, not a prediction for any single ticket.

South Carolina · $5 ticket · #1671

Hit $250

Updated today

12797 top prizes are still unclaimed at $250. A $5 ticket returns about 69¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 69¢ about 71¢ when the game launched

Top prize $250 12797 of 31135 still unclaimed

How far along 57% about 57% of tickets already sold · roughly 2.2 million tickets left (estimated) 1 in 4.79 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$250	12,797	31,135
$50	5,677	13,801
$20	71,772	172,698
$10	182,072	431,740
$5	187,770	431,755

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.6923 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.7108 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 4.79
Estimated tickets printed: 5,178,608
Estimated tickets remaining: 2,218,040
Estimated fraction sold: 0.5717
Game number: #1671

Payback trend across our stored snapshots: new game — collecting data

Source: the South Carolina Lottery's own game page. Every figure here is an estimate — how we figure them.