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Decent valueActiveEmerald 10's · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
Emerald 10's: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.62 on average.
▲ +1.1 pts vs launch#4 of 15 · $10 NC games
▲ +1.1 pts vs launch#4 of 15 · $10 NC games
Emerald 10's is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.2%, up 1.1 percentage points from the launch value of 75.1%. 2 of the original 5 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 70% of the 7.4M printed tickets have been sold.
76.2%
expected return
1 in 3.80
odds of any win
2 of 5
$1M jackpots left
70%
claimed · 5.1M of 7.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 589,152 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,396 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.62 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.61 · 66.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.11 · 1.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.89 · 8.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.2M 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
589,105 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
70% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Apr 2025.
7.4M
tickets printed
5.1M
tickets claimed · 70%
2.2M
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
30%
40% of top prizes remain with only 30% 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
#4 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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