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Decent valueActiveUltimate Blowout · $50 · North Carolina Lottery
Ultimate Blowout: Decent value. A $50 ticket pays back $39.93 on average.
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $50 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
▼ -0.1 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $50 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM
Ultimate Blowout is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 79.9%, down 0.1 percentage points from the launch value of 80.0%. 91 of the original 3,325 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 98% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
79.9%
expected return
1 in 8.26
odds of any win
91 of 3,325
$5K top prizes left
98%
claimed · 3.2M of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 9,506 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $50
$250, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $50 prize, so you break even
90 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 47 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $39.93 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $250 – $500
$34.28 · 68.6% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$5.65 · 11.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$250 – $500 wins
9,415 winning tickets remain in this range: 86% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
98% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2025.
3.3M
tickets printed
3.2M
tickets claimed · 98%
81k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
3%
Tickets left
2%
3% of top prizes remain with only 2% 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 $50 NC peers
#3 of 3
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM.
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