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Decent valueActiveJumbo Bucks · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
Jumbo Bucks: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.40 on average.
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $10 NC games
▼ -0.8 pts vs launch#7 of 15 · $10 NC games
Jumbo Bucks is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.0%, down 0.8 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 3 of the original 5 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 35% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
74.0%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
3 of 5
$1M jackpots left
35%
claimed · 2.8M of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,348,746 winning tickets still unclaimed.
16 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
10 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 5,488 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.74 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.08 · 0.8% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.58 · 5.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.2%
Just 3 tickets out of 5.2M 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
1,348,647 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
35% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
8M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 35%
5.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
65%
60% of top prizes remain with 65% 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
#7 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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