C
Average valueActiveBig Cash Blowout · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
Big Cash Blowout: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.25 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#10 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#10 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
Big Cash Blowout is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.5%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 72.5%. 4,609 of the original 9,807 $500 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 53% of the 7.4M printed tickets have been sold.
72.5%
expected return
1 in 9.95
odds of any win
4,609 of 9,807
$500 top prizes left
53%
claimed · 3.9M of 7.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 347,506 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 750 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.25 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$7.25 · 72.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
347,506 winning tickets remain in this range: 100% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
53% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2026.
7.4M
tickets printed
3.9M
tickets claimed · 53%
3.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
47%
Tickets left
47%
47% of top prizes remain with 47% 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
#10 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM.
S
Scratchstats