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South Carolina Lottery Sales and Revenue by Year
The South Carolina lottery sold $2.22B in tickets in fiscal year 2024, down 1% from the year before. It transferred $619M to the state, 28% of sales, and paid 71% of sales back as prizes. Its sales were the 15th largest of the 45 state lotteries that year.
Sales peaked in FY2021 at $2.25B. Figures are state fiscal years from the Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Finances, FY2012 to FY2024.
FY2012–FY2024 · Source: U.S. Census Bureau · South Carolina lottery
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Data
| Fiscal year | Ticket sales | Prizes | Administration | Transfers to the state | Prizes as share of sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $2.22B | $1.57B | $26.4M | $619M | 70.9% |
| FY2023 | $2.23B | $1.58B | $26.9M | $624M | 70.9% |
| FY2022 | $2.09B | $1.49B | $27.6M | $580M | 71.0% |
| FY2021 | $2.25B | $1.59B | $24.1M | $628M | 71.0% |
| FY2020 | $1.96B | $1.42B | $46.8M | $487M | 72.7% |
| FY2019 | $1.84B | $1.31B | $44.2M | $485M | 71.3% |
| FY2018 | $1.63B | $1.15B | $42.4M | $434M | 70.7% |
| FY2017 | $1.52B | $1.09B | $39.2M | $395M | 71.4% |
| FY2016 | $1.49B | $1.05B | $39.5M | $401M | 70.4% |
| FY2015 | $1.30B | $924M | $38.8M | $340M | 70.9% |
| FY2014 | $1.18B | $811M | $36.9M | $327M | 69.0% |
| FY2013 | $1.11B | $775M | $36.3M | $303M | 69.6% |
| FY2012 | $1.06B | $721M | $37.4M | $296M | 68.4% |
Notes
Transfers to the state are lottery proceeds the Census Bureau counts as income to the state; some states route part of them to dedicated funds.
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