Sapphire Surprise scratch-off ticket

South Carolina · Game #1649

Sapphire Surprise

$5per ticket

Sales ended · Lottery report Oct 22, 2026 · Lottery game update Oct 22, 2026 · Claim deadline Feb 2, 2027

The published sales end date has passed. Prizes may still be claimable.

Uses source-estimated counts Top prizes unclaimed: 0

Published site dataSite data published Oct 23, 2026

Game summary

What to know about this ticket

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Estimate confidence: Unknown — a reliability rating, not your chance of winning.

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PrizeGauge estimate

Estimated average payout

Unavailable

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What does this mean?
Think of a big pile of tickets: this is the prize money per ticket on average. It doesn’t tell you what your next ticket will pay.

Why we can’t show it: The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

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Return compared with ticket price

Unavailable

A minus sign means the estimated average payout is below the ticket cost. It does not predict the result of one ticket.

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Chance of Any Prize

Unavailable

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

What does this mean?
This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.

Why we can’t show it: The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

PrizeGauge estimate

Chance of coming out ahead

Unavailable

A supported estimate of prizes worth more than the ticket price was not published.

PrizeGauge estimate

Payout without the jackpot

Unavailable

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

Return vs. ticket price, without the jackpot: Unavailable

What does this mean?
Big jackpots can make a ticket's average look much better even though winning one is extremely unlikely. This number shows its estimated value if the biggest prize pays $0.

Why we can’t show it: The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

Official lottery data

Top prize

$200,000

The lottery publishes an estimated top-prize count, not an exact remaining count.

Uses source-estimated counts Lottery-estimated top prizes left: 0.

What does this mean?
How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.
PrizeGauge estimate

Chance of the top prize

Unavailable

We don’t have enough data to estimate today’s top-prize odds.

Remaining prizes and tickets

What’s left in this game

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Uses source-estimated counts

Lottery-estimated unclaimed prizes

160,570

Out of 899,630 prizes in the source table.

Uses remaining counts estimated by the lottery. These are not exact counts and do not confirm that tickets are still for sale.

Counts include tickets already sold whose prizes haven’t been claimed.

Uses source-estimated counts

Lottery-estimated top prizes left

0

Out of 4 top prizes originally.

Remaining count estimated by the lottery.

PrizeGauge estimate

Estimated tickets left

Unavailable

3,571,531 tickets estimated at the start.

Tickets left are an estimate. Unclaimed prizes don’t tell us exactly how many tickets are still for sale.

First on sale
Dec 2, 2025
Ticket sales end
Aug 11, 2026
Last day to claim
Feb 2, 2027

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

Original vs. current

Original and current numbers

See the original numbers next to what we estimate for the tickets left.

How we work out the original chance of coming out ahead

We count only original prizes worth more than the ticket price. Getting your money back does not count.

PrizeGauge estimate

This uses an original batch of 3,571,531 tickets, based on an estimate.

The original ticket population is estimated or approximate.

Original records: Source 1

Odds of any prize

Original at launch
1 in 3.9725.2% chance · Lottery-published
Latest estimate
UnavailableCurrent estimate unavailable

Change unavailable — both values are needed.

Average prize payout

Original at launch
$3.55Per ticket · Estimate using original data
Latest estimate
UnavailablePer ticket · PrizeGauge estimate

Change unavailable — both values are needed.

Return compared with ticket price

Original at launch
-29.0%Original estimate · compared with ticket price
Latest estimate
UnavailablePrizeGauge estimate

Change unavailable — both values are needed.

Chance of coming out ahead

Original at launch
14.3%Original estimate · excludes break-even prizes
Latest estimate
UnavailablePrizeGauge estimate · excludes break-even prizes

Change unavailable — both values are needed.

Top prizes

Original at launch
4Published original count
Latest estimate
—Published unclaimed count · may include sold tickets

Counts describe prizes, not the chance of winning.

A smaller “1 in” number means a higher chance. Any prize includes prizes that only return the ticket cost. Original odds may be rounded; current values are estimates, not guaranteed outcomes.

Compare the price and average payouts

Here’s how the ticket price compares with the average prize payout we estimate. Your ticket could pay more, less, or nothing.

Ticket costs
$5.00
Estimated average payout
Unavailable
Without the top prize
Unavailable
What do these numbers mean?
Official lottery data

Published by the lottery.

Calculated from lottery data

Worked out from the lottery’s own numbers.

PrizeGauge estimate

Our best estimate, using data and assumptions we explain.

Average payout
Think of a big pile of tickets: this is the prize money per ticket on average. It doesn’t tell you what your next ticket will pay.
Return vs. ticket price
How the estimated average payout stacks up against what you spend. A minus sign means the average payout is less than the ticket price.
Payout without the jackpot
Big jackpots can make a ticket's average look much better even though winning one is extremely unlikely. This number shows its estimated value if the biggest prize pays $0.
Chance of Any Prize
This estimates the chance that a remaining ticket has any published prize. A winning ticket may only break even, so this is not your chance of making money.
Chance of coming out ahead
The estimated chance of a prize worth more than the ticket price. Getting your ticket cost back does not count.
Top Prizes Left
How many of the game's biggest prizes the lottery says are still unclaimed. This does not establish whether tickets are still for sale.
Estimated Tickets Left
Our estimate of how many tickets may remain. The lottery does not publish this exact number, and sold but unclaimed tickets can affect it.
How reliable is the estimate?
How much trust to put in the estimate. It is not your chance of winning. Unknown means we don’t have a rating.
What does this mean?
Each ticket is a gamble. Better-looking numbers don’t promise a winning ticket.

Prize-by-prize estimates

Estimated odds for each prize

The chance of each prize for the tickets estimated to remain. These are estimates, not the lottery’s original odds.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

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Estimated odds and prize counts for Sapphire Surprise
PrizeEstimated oddsPrizes leftChance
$200,000Unavailable0Estimated count—
$1,000Unavailable42Estimated count—
$500Unavailable160Estimated count—
$200Unavailable156Estimated count—
$100Unavailable1,829Estimated count—
$50Unavailable2,612Estimated count—
$30Unavailable5,696Estimated count—
$25Unavailable2,186Estimated count—
$20Unavailable10,093Estimated count—
$15Unavailable19,599Estimated count—
$10Unavailable45,551Estimated count—
$5Unavailable72,646Estimated count—

These odds use estimated tickets left. Some prize counts are estimated too. A winning ticket may already have been sold but not claimed. Swipe the table to see every column on a phone.

Unclaimed prizes by prize amount

These bars show the share of original prizes still unclaimed. They are not your chance of winning. Some unclaimed prizes may already be on sold tickets.

$200,000

Uses source-estimated counts

0 unclaimed of 4 originally

0.0% unclaimed

$1,000

Uses source-estimated counts

42 unclaimed of 241 originally

17.4% unclaimed

$500

Uses source-estimated counts

160 unclaimed of 1,063 originally

15.1% unclaimed

$200

Uses source-estimated counts

156 unclaimed of 1,048 originally

14.9% unclaimed

$100

Uses source-estimated counts

1,829 unclaimed of 11,889 originally

15.4% unclaimed

$50

Uses source-estimated counts

2,612 unclaimed of 16,999 originally

15.4% unclaimed

$30

Uses source-estimated counts

5,696 unclaimed of 35,790 originally

15.9% unclaimed

$25

Uses source-estimated counts

2,186 unclaimed of 13,383 originally

16.3% unclaimed

Show all 12 prize amounts

$20

Uses source-estimated counts

10,093 unclaimed of 59,580 originally

16.9% unclaimed

$15

Uses source-estimated counts

19,599 unclaimed of 119,160 originally

16.4% unclaimed

$10

Uses source-estimated counts

45,551 unclaimed of 253,227 originally

18.0% unclaimed

$5

Uses source-estimated counts

72,646 unclaimed of 387,246 originally

18.8% unclaimed

Take a closer look: prizes, calculations & sources

The numbers behind the ticket

How we work it out →
PrizeGauge estimate

Estimated average payout today

Unavailable

Estimated prize payout per ticket

PrizeGauge estimate

EV Without the Top Prize

Unavailable

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

PrizeGauge estimate

ROI Without the Top Prize

Unavailable

How that alternate average payout compares with ticket price

PrizeGauge estimate

Original EV

$3.55

Launch payout with modeled prize valuations

PrizeGauge estimate

Modeled ROI

Unavailable

Estimated net return / ticket price

PrizeGauge estimate

Average payout per $1 spent

Unavailable

A 70¢ payout per $1 spent means a 30¢ average loss

PrizeGauge estimate

Average return after the ticket cost

Unavailable

Estimated average prize payout minus the ticket price

Uses source-estimated counts

Top prizes remaining

0

Original top prizes: 4

PrizeGauge estimate

Estimated Tickets Left

Unavailable

An estimate, not an exact count from the lottery

PrizeGauge estimate

Analytics availability

Launch: available

Full current EV: insufficient data

Without top prize: insufficient data

Chance of any prize: insufficient data

Confidence rating not published

We use lottery data to estimate average payouts and tickets left. These are estimates, not promises about your next ticket. See how we work it out →

How this estimate was made

Launch basis: published inception odds. Inventory basis: inferred from prize odds.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

The lottery reports don’t give us enough reliable information to show this number.

Model assumptions
  • The complete original winning-prize counts and published overall odds describe one unchanged print cohort.

What goes into this estimate

Uses the complete prize table and changes in prize counts.

Original prize table: complete. Remaining prize table: complete.

South Carolina labels remaining unclaimed prizes as source estimates. These are not exact observed counts, unsold tickets, or proof that a prize remains available for purchase.

Start-of-game counts describe the published delivered-ticket cohort. The separate ordered-ticket odds publication is not joined to these counts.

See calculated counts and prize-value assumptions

These are the model’s inputs. A calculated or estimated count is separate from the literal count in the prize table.

Count and value inputs considered by the model
Prize wordingValue usedOriginal count usedRemaining count used
$200,000$200,000.00Published cash value4Published count0Estimate published by the source
$1,000$1,000.00Published cash value241Published count42Estimate published by the source
$500$500.00Published cash value1,063Published count160Estimate published by the source
$200$200.00Published cash value1,048Published count156Estimate published by the source
$100$100.00Published cash value11,889Published count1,829Estimate published by the source
$50$50.00Published cash value16,999Published count2,612Estimate published by the source
$30$30.00Published cash value35,790Published count5,696Estimate published by the source
$25$25.00Published cash value13,383Published count2,186Estimate published by the source
$20$20.00Published cash value59,580Published count10,093Estimate published by the source
$15$15.00Published cash value119,160Published count19,599Estimate published by the source
$10$10.00Published cash value253,227Published count45,551Estimate published by the source
$5$5.00Published cash value387,246Published count72,646Estimate published by the source

From the official source

The lottery’s prize table

Original overall odds: 1 in 3.97

These are the source’s retained rows. A dash means the count is unavailable or the sources disagree. Calculated original totals are labeled, and any derived remaining counts appear separately in the model inputs.

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Prize amounts and counts from this report. Current odds and average payout contributions, where shown, are estimates.
PrizeOriginal prizesRemaining prizes
$200,000
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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400.0% of 4 leftEstimate published by the source
$1,000
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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2414217.4% of 241 leftEstimate published by the source
$500
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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1,06316015.1% of 1,063 leftEstimate published by the source
$200
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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1,04815614.9% of 1,048 leftEstimate published by the source
$100
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
11,8891,82915.4% of 11,889 leftEstimate published by the source
$50
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
16,9992,61215.4% of 16,999 leftEstimate published by the source
$30
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
35,7905,69615.9% of 35,790 leftEstimate published by the source
$25
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
13,3832,18616.3% of 13,383 leftEstimate published by the source
$20
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
59,58010,09316.9% of 59,580 leftEstimate published by the source
$15
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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119,16019,59916.4% of 119,160 leftEstimate published by the source
$10
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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253,22745,55118.0% of 253,227 leftEstimate published by the source
$5
Count sources & details
Original count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
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Remaining count source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
Prize row source →Retrieved Oct 23, 2026, 5:19 AM UTC
Response fingerprint01330464c842973eb6cd621c36f73e758fd709bddb4856915d84dceadaf9ec78
387,24672,64618.8% of 387,246 leftEstimate published by the source

About the estimates

Methodology & source

Each lottery publishes different information. We use the available game data and stated assumptions to estimate average payouts and tickets left. An unclaimed prize count is not a count of tickets still for sale.

Published prize observations stay separate from estimates. The model uses this game's reported coverage, ticket inventory and count assumptions; unavailable values retain their source explanations.

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Game history

See how the numbers have changed

A gap means we don’t have a number

We keep the last update of each day, using Eastern Time. If a day has no number, we leave a gap. We don’t fill in guesses.

Past numbers preserve the estimates published on each day. This covers the dates we have collected. 7-day change: insufficient history. 30-day change: insufficient history.

Periods end on the latest recorded day, which may be earlier than today.

Top prizes remaining Last update of each day · Eastern Time
No daily comparison

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Top prizes remaining observations
DateTop prizes remainingChange from previous day
Oct 22, 2026—No daily comparison
Oct 23, 2026—No daily comparison

Recent changes in the records

Dates show when a change was observed, not when a ticket was sold or a prize claimed.

No meaningful, comparable daily changes are available yet.