The current odds of winning any prize on Hit $250 are 1 in 4.98 (20.09%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $250 top prize.

Yes. 24245 of the 31135 $250 top prizes have been claimed, and 6890 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 9, 2026. We estimate about 25% of the game's 5,178,608 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. Hit $250 is on sale at South Carolina Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 10 $5 South Carolina scratch-offs on sale, Hit $250 ranks #10 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.98 tickets winning at least the $5 ticket price back. Right now the $5 game with the best odds of breaking even is High Voltage, where 1 in 3.9 tickets wins at least $5 back.

Hit $250 has 5 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $250 at 1 in 187 (6,890 of 31,135 left); $50+ at 1 in 130 (3,018 of 13,801 left); $20+ at 1 in 26.2 (39,169 of 172,698 left); $10+ at 1 in 8.57 (101,025 of 431,740 left); $5+ at 1 in 4.98 (108,330 of 431,755 left).

The odds of winning at least your $5 back on one Hit $250 ticket are 1 in 4.98 (20.09%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 8.57 (11.67%).

Hit $250 costs $5 per ticket. It is sold at authorized South Carolina Lottery retailers throughout the state.

Yes — South Carolina scratch tickets and South Carolina scratch-offs are the same thing: a paper lottery ticket you scratch to reveal whether it wins. The South Carolina Lottery lists them under "Scratch-Offs" on its own site. "Scratch Tickets" is simply what most players in South Carolina call them, while "scratch-off" and "scratch ticket" are the terms used in other states. In South Carolina, "instant games" and "instant tickets" mean these same paper tickets you buy at a retailer — not the lottery's online games. Every game ranked on this page is the same physical ticket, whichever name you use for it.

Hit $250, a $5 South Carolina scratch-off, was released on Mar 30, 2026 by the South Carolina Lottery.