$200,000 Payday is a $5 scratch-off from the South Carolina Lottery (game #1690) with a top prize of $200,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.95 at launch. 1 of 5 top prizes is gone, 4 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 70% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 560,909 prizes are still out there (it started with 796,292).
Two games can cost the same, promise the same top prize, and still be totally different animals. "$200,000 Payday" is a grinder — it pays out lots of smaller prizes instead of a few monsters — about three-quarters of its unclaimed prize money sits in wins under $500, with the rest stacked up top. Neither style is "better." They're just built for different players. Everything above comes from the South Carolina Lottery's own published numbers — we just do the counting.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 4 | 5 |
| $1,000 | 138 | 186 |
| $500 | 504 | 735 |
| $200 | 394 | 578 |
| $100 | 6,473 | 9,339 |
| $50 | 8,896 | 12,871 |
| $40 | 17,315 | 24,929 |
| $25 | 9,031 | 13,085 |
| $20 | 27,517 | 39,396 |
| $15 | 73,214 | 104,879 |
| $10 | 175,025 | 249,265 |
| $5 | 242,398 | 341,024 |
Prize counts come straight from official South Carolina lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
4 of the 5 top prizes of $200,000 are still unclaimed, according to official South Carolina lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
$200,000 Payday is a $5 scratch-off. It is game #1690 from the South Carolina Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.95, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.
Prize counts come straight from official South Carolina lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
Prize counts are just the start. SmartScratcher turns them into a ticket value, a 0–100 score, and a straight answer for every game — so you skip the picked-clean ones and play the good ones.
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