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Strong valueActiveBlack Titanium · $30 · North Carolina Lottery
Black Titanium: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $25.36 on average.
▲ +3.8 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
▲ +3.8 pts vs launch#2 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
Black Titanium is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 84.5%, up 3.8 percentage points from the launch value of 80.7%. 1 of the original 6 $4,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 91% of the 11.9M printed tickets have been sold.
84.5%
expected return
1 in 4.14
odds of any win
1 of 6
$4M jackpots left
91%
claimed · 10.8M of 11.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 269,235 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $30
$50 – $300, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 629 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $25.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$21.31 · 71.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.50 · 1.7% of price
Jackpots $4M+
$3.55 · 11.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.7%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.1M carry the $4M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
269,144 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
91% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
11.9M
tickets printed
10.8M
tickets claimed · 91%
1.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
17%
Tickets left
9%
17% of top prizes remain with only 9% 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 $30 NC peers
#2 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM.
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