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Strong valueActiveCarolina Black Premier · $30 · North Carolina Lottery
Carolina Black Premier: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.77 on average.
▲ +2.5 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
▲ +2.5 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
Carolina Black Premier is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 82.6%, up 2.5 percentage points from the launch value of 80.1%. 2 of the original 3 $4,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 55% of the 7.4M printed tickets have been sold.
82.6%
expected return
1 in 4.18
odds of any win
2 of 3
$4M jackpots left
55%
claimed · 4.1M of 7.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 791,378 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $30
$50 – $400, 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 16,294 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.77 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $400
$22.05 · 73.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.30 · 1.0% of price
Jackpots $4M+
$2.42 · 8.1% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.5%
Just 2 tickets out of 3.3M carry the $4M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $400 wins
791,175 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
55% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
7.4M
tickets printed
4.1M
tickets claimed · 55%
3.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
45%
67% of top prizes remain with only 45% 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
#3 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM.
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