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Decent valueActive$2,000,000 Taxes Paid · $20 · North Carolina Lottery
$2,000,000 Taxes Paid: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.04 on average.
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $20 NC games
▲ +0.5 pts vs launch#10 of 11 · $20 NC games
$2,000,000 Taxes Paid is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.2%, up 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 3 of the original 3 $2,777,392 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 6% of the 4.8M printed tickets have been sold.
75.2%
expected return
1 in 3.78
odds of any win
3 of 3
$2.8M jackpots left
6%
claimed · 306k of 4.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,190,736 winning tickets still unclaimed.
18 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
74 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 5,599 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.04 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.04 · 65.2% of price
Mid prizes $5K – $50K
$0.15 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $2.8M+
$1.85 · 9.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
65.9%
Just 3 tickets out of 4.5M carry the $2.8M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
1,190,695 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
6% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
4.8M
tickets printed
306k
tickets claimed · 6%
4.5M
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
94%
100% of top prizes remain with only 94% 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 $20 NC peers
#10 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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