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Decent valueActiveBLACK DIAMOND · $10 · Missouri Lottery
BLACK DIAMOND: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.65 on average.
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $10 MO games
▲ +0.7 pts vs launch#3 of 9 · $10 MO games
BLACK DIAMOND is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Missouri state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.5%, up 0.7 percentage points from the launch value of 75.8%. 2 of the original 2 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 15% of the 4.6M printed tickets have been sold.
76.5%
expected return
1 in 3.22
odds of any win
2 of 2
$1M jackpots left
15%
claimed · 709k of 4.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,202,971 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $10
$15 – $200, an actual profit
13 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
69 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,892 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.65 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.86 · 68.6% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.27 · 2.7% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.52 · 5.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 3.9M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,202,289 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
15% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
4.6M
tickets printed
709k
tickets claimed · 15%
3.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
85%
100% of top prizes remain with only 85% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Missouri Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 MO peers
#3 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Missouri Lottery published claim data.
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