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Decent valueActiveLOTERIA™ MULTIPLIER · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
LOTERIA™ MULTIPLIER: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.42 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#9 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 24, 2026, 12:36 PM
LOTERIA™ MULTIPLIER is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.2%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 75.6%. 2 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 41% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
74.2%
expected return
1 in 3.63
odds of any win
2 of 4
$1M jackpots left
41%
claimed · 2M of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 796,050 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,808 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.42 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.65 · 66.5% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.08 · 0.8% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.69 · 6.9% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
67.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.9M 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
795,928 winning tickets remain in this range: 90% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
41% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
2M
tickets claimed · 41%
2.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
59%
50% of top prizes remain with 59% 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
#9 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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