SC · #1649 · $5

Sapphire Surprise

South Carolina· scanned today

Lottery site

EV / Dollar

0.69

USA percentile

58th

of 2,022 games

Top prizes left

1

$200,000 tier

% sold-through

2026-08-05

Forecast sellout

18+ only. For entertainment purposes — not financial advice. Scratch-offs have a negative expected return on average. 1-800-GAMBLER if you need help.

Sapphire Surprise is a $5 scratch-off game from the South Carolina (game #1649). As of the most recent daily scan, 1 top prize of $200 remains unclaimed, as published by the South Carolina. Overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 3.97. Our models put its expected value at 0.69 per dollar, among the stronger plays in its price tier, returning about $0.69 per dollar on average at current prize levels.

THE THESIS

At 0.69 EV/$, this game offers above-average expected return relative to its price tier, with meaningful prize coverage remaining.

  1. 1.25% of $200,000 prizes still unclaimed at ??% sell-through — the top tier has not burned out.
  2. 2.Ranks in the 58th percentile of all active US scratch-off games by expected value per dollar.
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Prize ladder

12 tiers · % remaining
$200K
1/4
25%
$1K
52/241
$500
180/1.1K
$200
173/1.0K
$100
2.1K/11.9K
$50
3.0K/17.0K
$30
6.4K/35.8K
$25
2.4K/13.4K
$20
11.2K/59.6K
$15
21.9K/119.2K
$10
50.6K/253.2K
$5
80.6K/387.2K

Total unclaimed prize value: $2.45M — weighted to top-tier prizes as of latest data feed.

EV percentile · USA + state

vs 2,022 active games

Where this game ranks versus all active US scratch-offs (USA) and all active SC games (state). Better means more unclaimed prize value relative to remaining tickets.

USA median · 50th0.67 EV/$
SC median0.67 EV/$
YOU · 58th
USA: 58th percentileSC: 59th percentile

Burn-down forecast · % tickets remaining

historical + P50 projection
Not enough historical data to render chart.

Claim heat · 30-day strip

claims per day, all tiers
30d ago15dlast 7d · +6%

Claim velocity is consistent with the 30-day mean.

Price vs EV — SC field

66 games · break-even highlighted
$0$6$12$220.000.300.601.06break-even · 1.00 EV/$YOU

No other active SC games currently clear break-even.

Top-prize claim cadence · the roll

Top-prize claim history is not published for this state.

States that report individual claim events (TX, NY, PA, FL, NC) will show a full timeline here. This game's state does not currently publish that data.

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