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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 $1.33 on average.
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 10 · $2 NC games
▲ +0.0 pts vs launch#1 of 10 · $2 NC games
$20,000 Taxes Paid is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 66.5%, up 0.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 4 of the original 4 $27,774 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 4.9M printed tickets have been sold.
66.5%
expected return
1 in 4.51
odds of any win
4 of 4
$28K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 49k of 4.9M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,084,444 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 21,718 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.33 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.30 · 65.1% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $28K
$0.03 · 1.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
1,084,428 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
1% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
4.9M
tickets printed
49k
tickets claimed · 1%
4.9M
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
99%
100% of top prizes remain with only 99% 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 10
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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