Are the top prizes in Hit $500 still available?

16073 of 70213 top prizes worth $500 are still unclaimed.

What does a Hit $500 ticket pay back?

You get back about 72¢ 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 · $10 ticket · #1684

Hit $500

Updated today

16073 top prizes are still unclaimed at $500. A $10 ticket returns about 72¢ on average.

Pays back per $1 72¢ about 75¢ when the game launched

Top prize $500 16073 of 70213 still unclaimed

How far along 76% about 76% of tickets already sold · roughly 2.5 million tickets left (estimated) 1 in 4.45 tickets wins something

Prizes still unclaimed

Prize	Still unclaimed	Originally printed
$500	16,073	70,213
$200	1,561	6,780
$100	8,746	38,004
$50	11,752	50,766
$25	139,396	592,645
$15	185,517	761,835
$10	186,709	761,835

The full numbers

Expected value, current: 0.7234 per $1 wagered
Expected value at launch: 0.7549 per $1 wagered
Overall odds as published: 1 in 4.45
Estimated tickets printed: 10,155,247
Estimated tickets remaining: 2,480,883
Estimated fraction sold: 0.7557
Game number: #1684

Payback trend across our stored snapshots:

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