How to play Mining for Gems ($5) in South Carolina
Match any of YOUR NUMBERS to any of the WINNING NUMBERS, win the PRIZE shown for that number. If the matching number is BLUE, win DOUBLE the PRIZE shown. Reveal a "PICK" symbol, win 5 TIMES the PRIZE shown for that symbol. Reveal a "BLUE SAPPHIRE" symbol, win all 15 PRIZES.
Analysis
Mining for Gems ($5) has a score of 70, making it
a worse than average scratchoff.
There are 1,695,014 tickets remaining. At $5 per ticket, it would cost $8,475,070 to buy all remaining
tickets. According to the latest reports from the South Carolina lottery website, there
are $5,901,775 in remaining prizes.
The value of the remaining prizes is below
the cost of the remaining tickets by $2,573,295. With 1,695,014 tickets remaining, that's an average of
-$1.52 per ticket.
An average of 23,489 tickets have been claimed each day between
1/30/2025 and 2/6/2025. The largest prize
claimed in that time period was $1,000.
The last grand prize of $200,000
was claimed on 1/23/2025. 206,780 tickets have been sold since the last grand prize was claimed. With
4 grand prizes in the game,
it's expected that there will be 1 grand prize sold every 801,146 tickets.
