The current odds of winning any prize on Light Up the Season are 1 in 4.43 (22.57%), recalculated from the prizes still unclaimed. That covers every prize, from the smallest up to the $30,000 top prize.

Not yet. All 4 $30,000 top prizes are still unclaimed, as of Nov 3, 2026. We estimate nearly all of the game's 2,308,987 tickets are still unsold.

Yes. Light Up the Season is on sale at South Carolina Lottery retailers, and the lottery hasn’t announced an end date.

Among the 7 $2 South Carolina scratch-offs on sale, Light Up the Season ranks #3 for odds of breaking even, with 1 in 4.43 tickets winning at least the $2 ticket price back. Right now the $2 game with the best odds of breaking even is Jumbo Bucks, where 1 in 4.36 tickets wins at least $2 back.

Light Up the Season has 12 prize levels. Odds are for winning that amount or more on one ticket. Current odds, from the prizes still unclaimed: $30,000 at 1 in 577,247 (4 of 4 left); $1,000+ at 1 in 100,391 (19 of 19 left); $200+ at 1 in 7,171 (299 of 299 left); $100+ at 1 in 1,238 (1,543 of 1,543 left); $50+ at 1 in 347 (4,789 of 4,789 left); $40+ at 1 in 257 (2,315 of 2,315 left); $25+ at 1 in 133 (8,414 of 8,414 left); $20+ at 1 in 57.1 (23,088 of 23,088 left); $10+ at 1 in 27.9 (42,303 of 42,303 left); $5+ at 1 in 13.8 (84,608 of 84,608 left); $4+ at 1 in 8.64 (99,971 of 99,971 left); $2+ at 1 in 4.43 (253,863 of 253,863 left).

The odds of winning at least your $2 back on one Light Up the Season ticket are 1 in 4.43 (22.57%). The odds of winning more than you paid are 1 in 8.64 (11.58%).

Light Up the Season costs $2 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.

Light Up the Season, a $2 South Carolina scratch-off, was released on Nov 3, 2026 by the South Carolina Lottery.