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Exceptional valueActive$1,000,000 Bonus Match · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
$1,000,000 Bonus Match: Exceptional value. A $10 ticket pays back $9.04 on average.
▲ +15.4 pts vs launch#1 of 15 · $10 NC games
▲ +15.4 pts vs launch#1 of 15 · $10 NC games
$1,000,000 Bonus Match is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 90.4%, up 15.4 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 2 of the original 5 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 90% of the 7.4M printed tickets have been sold.
90.4%
expected return
1 in 3.76
odds of any win
2 of 5
$1M jackpots left
90%
claimed · 6.7M of 7.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 192,674 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,399 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $9.04 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.19 · 61.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.09 · 0.9% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.76 · 27.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
62.8%
Just 2 tickets out of 721k 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
192,654 winning tickets remain in this range: 68% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
90% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
7.4M
tickets printed
6.7M
tickets claimed · 90%
721k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
40%
Tickets left
10%
40% of top prizes remain with only 10% 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 $10 NC peers
#1 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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