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Decent valueActiveSupreme 7s · $30 · North Carolina Lottery
Supreme 7s: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $23.86 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#8 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
Supreme 7s is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.5%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 80.3%. 1 of the original 4 $4,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 9.0M printed tickets have been sold.
79.5%
expected return
1 in 4.18
odds of any win
1 of 4
$4M jackpots left
71%
claimed · 6.4M of 9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 632,146 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 926 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $23.86 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$21.87 · 72.9% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.48 · 1.6% of price
Jackpots $4M+
$1.51 · 5.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.5%
Just 1 ticket out of 2.6M 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
631,915 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2024.
9M
tickets printed
6.4M
tickets claimed · 71%
2.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
29%
25% of top prizes remain with 29% 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
#8 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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