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Strong valueActive$1,000,000 Triple Play · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
$1,000,000 Triple Play: Strong value. A $10 ticket pays back $8.01 on average.
▲ +5.0 pts vs launch#2 of 12 · $10 NC games
▲ +5.0 pts vs launch#2 of 12 · $10 NC games
$1,000,000 Triple Play is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.1%, up 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 75.1%. 4 of the original 5 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 60% of the 7.3M printed tickets have been sold.
80.1%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
4 of 5
$1M jackpots left
60%
claimed · 4.4M of 7.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 762,770 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 2,911 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $8.01 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.57 · 65.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.07 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.37 · 13.7% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
66.4%
Just 4 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
762,684 winning tickets remain in this range: 82% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
60% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
7.3M
tickets printed
4.4M
tickets claimed · 60%
2.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
80%
Tickets left
40%
80% of top prizes remain with only 40% 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
#2 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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