Hit $250 — $5 South Carolina Scratch-Off #1614
Hit $250 (#1614) was a $5 South Carolina scratch-off launched on March 31, 2025. Its final figures, from September 30, 2026, were 63.4% payout ($3.17 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.65 for any prize and 1 in 300 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has fallen 7.7 points (71.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 31.4% (1 in 4.79 at launch). 544 of 30876 top prizes of $250 were never claimed, and we estimate 96.8% of its tickets had sold. Hit $250 is no longer on sale in South Carolina; the figures below are final as of September 30, 2026 and prizes can be claimed until September 29, 2026.
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Hit $250, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other South Carolina game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 44,738 of 1,073,277 prizes (4.2%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250 | 1 in 166.5 | 1 in 299.8 | 30,876 | 30,332 | 544 | 1.8% |
| $50 | 1 in 375.3 | 1 in 532.9 | 13,700 | 13,394 | 306 | 2.2% |
| $20 | 1 in 30.0 | 1 in 35.1 | 171,454 | 166,809 | 4,645 | 2.7% |
| $10 | 1 in 12.0 | 1 in 10.7 | 428,658 | 413,389 | 15,269 | 3.6% |
| $5 | 1 in 12.0 | 1 in 6.80 | 428,589 | 404,615 | 23,974 | 5.6% |
| All prizes | 1 in 4.79 | 1 in 3.65 | 1,073,277 | 1,028,539 | 44,738 | 4.2% |
How Hit $250 has moved
Hit $250: common questions
- How many $250 prizes are left in Hit $250?
- 544 of 30876 as of November 5, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 300.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Hit $250?
- 1 in 3.65 as of November 5, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.79 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.65, and the odds of winning more than the $5 ticket price are 1 in 7.85.
- Is Hit $250 worth buying?
- Its current payout is 63.4% ($3.17 back per $5 ticket), rank #— of 37 in South Carolina. That figure fails our plausibility check (see the caution above), so read it as approximate and not as a reason to buy. The best $5 alternative as of November 5, 2026 is Fivefold Lucky (#1679, $5) at 73.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Hit $250 tickets are left?
- We estimate 163,076 of roughly 5,140,997 printed tickets are unsold (96.8% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Hit $250 launch and is it still on sale?
- It launched on March 31, 2025. It has ended.
Other $5 South Carolina scratch-offs
- Fivefold Lucky — 73.4% payout, 1 in 3.79 any prize
- In the Green — 71.3% payout, 1 in 3.94 any prize
- $200,000 Payday — 71.2% payout, 1 in 3.69 any prize
- Giant Jumbo Bucks — 71.2% payout, 1 in 3.98 any prize
- Holiday Surprise! — 70.6% payout, 1 in 3.96 any prize