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Average valueActive$1,000,000 Taxes Paid · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
$1,000,000 Taxes Paid: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.29 on average.
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $10 NC games
▲ +0.6 pts vs launch#8 of 12 · $10 NC games
$1,000,000 Taxes Paid is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 72.9%, up 0.6 percentage points from the launch value of 72.3%. 3 of the original 3 $1,388,696 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 9% of the 5.6M printed tickets have been sold.
72.9%
expected return
1 in 3.95
odds of any win
3 of 3
$1.4M jackpots left
9%
claimed · 513k of 5.6M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,277,283 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
7 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
75 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,796 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.42 · 64.2% of price
Mid prizes $10K – $20K
$0.04 · 0.4% of price
Jackpots $1.4M+
$0.83 · 8.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.6%
Just 3 tickets out of 5M carry the $1.4M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
1,277,265 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
9% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
5.6M
tickets printed
513k
tickets claimed · 9%
5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
91%
100% of top prizes remain with only 91% 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 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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