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Decent valueActive$10 MONOPOLY® · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
$10 MONOPOLY®: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.55 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#5 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM
$10 MONOPOLY® is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.5%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 75.3%. 2 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 57% of the 5.4M printed tickets have been sold.
75.5%
expected return
1 in 3.81
odds of any win
2 of 4
$1M jackpots left
57%
claimed · 3.1M of 5.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 600,877 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 3,750 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.55 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.63 · 66.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.05 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.86 · 8.6% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
66.9%
Just 2 tickets out of 2.3M 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
600,852 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
57% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Nov 2025.
5.4M
tickets printed
3.1M
tickets claimed · 57%
2.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
43%
50% of top prizes remain with only 43% 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
#5 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:37 PM.
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