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Decent valueActiveUltimate Blowout · $50 · North Carolina Lottery
Ultimate Blowout: Decent value. A $50 ticket pays back $38.69 on average.
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $50 NC games
▼ -2.6 pts vs launch#3 of 3 · $50 NC games
Ultimate Blowout is a $50 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.4%, down 2.6 percentage points from the launch value of 80.0%. 54 of the original 3,325 $5,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 98% of the 3.3M printed tickets have been sold.
77.4%
expected return
1 in 8.26
odds of any win
54 of 3,325
$5K top prizes left
98%
claimed · 3.3M of 3.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 6,783 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 $38.69 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $250 – $500
$34.04 · 68.1% of price
Mid prizes $5K
$4.65 · 9.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$250 – $500 wins
6,729 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
98% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
3.3M
tickets printed
3.3M
tickets claimed · 98%
58k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
2%
Tickets left
2%
2% of top prizes remain with 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.
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