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Average valueActive$80 Million Cash Blowout · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
$80 Million Cash Blowout: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.23 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#11 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
$80 Million Cash Blowout is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.3%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 72.5%. 1,538 of the original 15,330 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 11.5M printed tickets have been sold.
72.3%
expected return
1 in 9.95
odds of any win
1,538 of 15,330
$500 top prizes left
90%
claimed · 10.3M of 11.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 119,010 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $10
$50 or $100, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
90 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 769 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.23 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$7.23 · 72.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
119,010 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2024.
11.5M
tickets printed
10.3M
tickets claimed · 90%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
10%
Tickets left
10%
10% of top prizes remain with 10% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
North Carolina Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 NC peers
#11 of 14
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM.
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