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Decent valueActiveJumbo Bucks · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
Jumbo Bucks: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.44 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#8 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM
Jumbo Bucks is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.4%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 4 of the original 5 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 15% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
74.4%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
4 of 5
$1M jackpots left
15%
claimed · 1.2M of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,761,182 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 5,403 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.44 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.77 · 67.7% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.08 · 0.8% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.59 · 5.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.5%
Just 4 tickets out of 6.8M 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
1,761,046 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
15% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
8M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 15%
6.8M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
85%
80% of top prizes remain with 85% 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
#8 of 14
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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