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Decent valueActiveExtreme Money Blowout · $20 · North Carolina Lottery
Extreme Money Blowout: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.08 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#10 of 12 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#10 of 12 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
Extreme Money Blowout is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.4%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 4,070 of the original 6,166 $2,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 36% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
75.4%
expected return
1 in 9.88
odds of any win
4,070 of 6,166
$2K top prizes left
36%
claimed · 1.8M of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 317,931 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $20
$100 or $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
90 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 771 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.08 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $100 – $200
$12.49 · 62.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$2.59 · 13.0% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$100 – $200 wins
313,861 winning tickets remain in this range: 83% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
36% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
1.8M
tickets claimed · 36%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
66%
Tickets left
64%
66% of top prizes remain with only 64% 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 $20 NC peers
#10 of 12
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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