How many $4,000,000 prizes are left in Carolina Black Premier?

2 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,542,580.

What are the odds of winning anything on Carolina Black Premier?

1 in 4.49 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.18 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.49, and the odds of winning more than the $30 ticket price are 1 in 4.49.

Is Carolina Black Premier worth buying?

Its current payout is 78.0% ($23.40 back per $30 ticket), rank #12 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $30 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is MAX-A-MILLION (#985, $30) at 80.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many Carolina Black Premier tickets are left?

We estimate 3,085,160 of roughly 7,385,616 printed tickets are unsold (58.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Carolina Black Premier launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on July 1, 2025. It is still on sale.

Carolina Black Premier — $30 North Carolina Scratch-Off #4

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:09 UTC · launched July 1, 2025

Carolina Black Premier North Carolina scratch-off ticket

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Carolina Black Premier (#4) is a $30 North Carolina scratch-off launched on July 1, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #12 of 62 active games on current payout (78.0%, $23.40 expected back per ticket) and #4 of 9 $30 games, #46 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.49) and #45 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,542,580). Since launch the payout has fallen 2.1 points (80.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 6.9% (1 in 4.18 at launch). 2 of 3 top prizes of $4,000,000 remain, and we estimate 3,085,160 tickets are still unsold (58.2% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout

78.0%

80.1% at launch

Expected value

$23.40

per $30 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.49

1 in 4.18 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.49

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 4.49

win more than $30

$600+ odds

1 in 16,859

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 3

$4,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

41.8%

≈ 3,085,160 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Carolina Black Premier, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other North Carolina game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 687,134 of 1,767,572 prizes (38.9%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$4,000,000	1 in 2,462,700	1 in 1,542,580	3	1	2	66.7%
$100,000	1 in 1,231,350	1 in 1,542,580	6	4	2	33.3%
$40,000	1 in 820,900	1 in 771,290	9	5	4	44.4%
$10,000	1 in 123,135	1 in 128,548	60	36	24	40.0%
$4,000	1 in 58,636	1 in 61,703	126	76	50	39.7%
$1,000	1 in 30,156	1 in 30,546	245	144	101	41.2%
$400	1 in 80.0	1 in 86.6	92,401	56,757	35,644	38.6%
$150	1 in 54.5	1 in 58.7	135,638	83,048	52,590	38.8%
$100	1 in 15.0	1 in 16.2	492,619	301,936	190,683	38.7%
$60	1 in 17.1	1 in 18.4	430,997	263,486	167,511	38.9%
$50	1 in 12.0	1 in 12.8	615,468	374,945	240,523	39.1%
All prizes	1 in 4.18	1 in 4.49	1,767,572	1,080,438	687,134	38.9%

How Carolina Black Premier has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Carolina Black Premier. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 21, 2026: one $10,000 prize was claimed; 24 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $4,000 prize was claimed; 50 remain.
October 21, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 101 remain.
October 20, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 102 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 103 remain.
October 16, 2026: one $4,000 prize was claimed; 51 remain.
September 25, 2026: one $40,000 prize was claimed; 4 remain.
September 24, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 104 remain.
September 23, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 105 remain.
September 19, 2026: one $4,000 prize was claimed; 52 remain.
September 19, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 106 remain.
September 18, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 107 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

Carolina Black Premier: common questions

How many $4,000,000 prizes are left in Carolina Black Premier?: 2 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,542,580.
What are the odds of winning anything on Carolina Black Premier?: 1 in 4.49 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 4.18 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.49, and the odds of winning more than the $30 ticket price are 1 in 4.49.
Is Carolina Black Premier worth buying?: Its current payout is 78.0% ($23.40 back per $30 ticket), rank #12 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $30 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is MAX-A-MILLION (#985, $30) at 80.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Carolina Black Premier tickets are left?: We estimate 3,085,160 of roughly 7,385,616 printed tickets are unsold (58.2% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Carolina Black Premier launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on July 1, 2025. It is still on sale.

Other $30 North Carolina scratch-offs

MAX-A-MILLION — 80.0% payout, 1 in 2.99 any prize
Millionaire Bucks — 79.9% payout, 1 in 3.04 any prize
200X The Cash — 78.7% payout, 1 in 3.16 any prize
$5,000,000 Ultimate — 77.6% payout, 1 in 3.35 any prize
Massive Cash Blowout — 77.4% payout, 1 in 9.52 any prize

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