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Junior Jumbo Bucks — $1 South Carolina Scratch-Off #1687

Data captured · launched July 20, 2026

Junior Jumbo Bucks (#1687) is a $1 South Carolina scratch-off launched on July 20, 2026. As of November 5, 2026 it ranks #30 of 37 active games on current payout (67.4%, $0.67 expected back per ticket) and #1 of 6 $1 games, #27 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.40) and #23 on top-prize odds (1 in 968,608). Since launch the payout has risen 2.8 points (64.6% at launch) and your chance of winning something has risen 8.4% (1 in 4.77 at launch). 2 of 7 top prizes of $10,000 remain, and we estimate 1,937,216 tickets are still unsold (51.6% sold). That is below average for South Carolina; the South Carolina ranking lists show better payouts, including at $1.

Current payout
67.4%
64.6% at launch
Expected value
$0.67
per $1 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 4.40
1 in 4.77 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 4.40
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 9.11
win more than $1
$600+ odds
1 in 968,608
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
2 of 7
$10,000 each
Tickets remaining
48.4%
≈ 1,937,216 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 29, 2026, 7 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Junior Jumbo Bucks, 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, 440,061 of 838,890 prizes (52.5%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$10,000 1 in 571,644 1 in 968,608 7 5 2 28.6%
$500 1 in 200,075 1 in 215,246 20 11 9 45.0%
$100 1 in 5,474 1 in 5,166 731 356 375 51.3%
$50 1 in 1,373 1 in 1,371 2,915 1,502 1,413 48.5%
$25 1 in 599.0 1 in 587.7 6,680 3,384 3,296 49.3%
$20 1 in 216.2 1 in 209.5 18,506 9,258 9,248 50.0%
$15 1 in 400.0 1 in 383.8 10,005 4,958 5,047 50.4%
$10 1 in 125.0 1 in 120.1 32,019 15,886 16,133 50.4%
$5 1 in 187.6 1 in 178.1 21,332 10,452 10,880 51.0%
$4 1 in 75.0 1 in 71.2 53,334 26,126 27,208 51.0%
$2 1 in 15.0 1 in 13.9 266,673 127,621 139,052 52.1%
$1 1 in 9.38 1 in 8.52 426,668 199,270 227,398 53.3%
All prizes1 in 4.771 in 4.40 838,890398,829 440,06152.5%

How Junior Jumbo Bucks has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Junior Jumbo Bucks. 47 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Junior Jumbo Bucks: common questions

How many $10,000 prizes are left in Junior Jumbo Bucks?
2 of 7 as of November 5, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 968,608.
What are the odds of winning anything on Junior Jumbo Bucks?
1 in 4.40 as of November 5, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.77 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.40, and the odds of winning more than the $1 ticket price are 1 in 9.11.
Is Junior Jumbo Bucks worth buying?
Its current payout is 67.4% ($0.67 back per $1 ticket), rank #30 of 37 in South Carolina. The best $1 alternative as of November 5, 2026 is Match 2 Win (#1646, $1) at 65.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Junior Jumbo Bucks tickets are left?
We estimate 1,937,216 of roughly 4,001,505 printed tickets are unsold (51.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Junior Jumbo Bucks launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on July 20, 2026. It is still on sale.

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