The current odds of winning any prize on Hit $500 are 1 in 4.49 (22.26%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $500 top prize.

Yes. 55948 of the 70213 $500 top prizes have been claimed, and 14265 are still unclaimed, as of Oct 22, 2026. We estimate about 22% of the game's 10,155,247 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. Hit $500 is on sale at South Carolina Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 8 $10 South Carolina scratch-offs on sale, Hit $500 ranks #8 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.49 tickets winning at least the $10 ticket price back. Right now the $10 game with the best odds of breaking even is Big Match Bonus, where 1 in 3.24 tickets wins at least $10 back.

Hit $500 has 7 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $500 at 1 in 154 (14,265 of 70,213 left); $200+ at 1 in 141 (1,383 of 6,780 left); $100+ at 1 in 94 (7,763 of 38,004 left); $50+ at 1 in 65.1 (10,400 of 50,766 left); $25+ at 1 in 14 (123,686 of 592,645 left); $15+ at 1 in 6.81 (165,531 of 761,835 left); $10+ at 1 in 4.49 (166,769 of 761,835 left).

The odds of winning at least your $10 back on one Hit $500 ticket are 1 in 4.49 (22.26%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 6.81 (14.68%).

Hit $500 costs $10 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 $500, a $10 South Carolina scratch-off, was released on Mar 9, 2026 by the South Carolina Lottery.