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Weak valueActive$20,000 Taxes Paid · $2 · North Carolina Lottery
$20,000 Taxes Paid: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.32 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $2 NC games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#1 of 7 · $2 NC games
$20,000 Taxes Paid is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.0%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 4 of the original 4 $27,774 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 10% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
66.0%
expected return
1 in 4.51
odds of any win
4 of 4
$28K top prizes left
10%
claimed · 489k of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 986,833 winning tickets still unclaimed.
14 win more than $2
$4 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
78 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 21,690 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.32 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.29 · 64.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $28K
$0.03 · 1.5% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
986,819 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
10% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
489k
tickets claimed · 10%
4.4M
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
90%
100% of top prizes remain with only 90% 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 $2 NC peers
#1 of 7
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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