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Decent valueActive$2 MILLION VAULT · $20 · North Carolina Lottery
$2 MILLION VAULT: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.47 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#8 of 11 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM
$2 MILLION VAULT is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 77.4%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 77.2%. 1 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 72% of the 5.2M printed tickets have been sold.
77.4%
expected return
1 in 3.35
odds of any win
1 of 3
$2M jackpots left
72%
claimed · 3.7M of 5.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 436,489 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $20
$30 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
70 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,545 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.47 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.78 · 68.9% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.33 · 1.7% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$1.36 · 6.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.5%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.5M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
436,413 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
72% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
5.2M
tickets printed
3.7M
tickets claimed · 72%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
28%
33% of top prizes remain with only 28% 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 $20 NC peers
#8 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM.
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