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Poor valueActive$25,000 Triple Play · $2 · North Carolina Lottery
$25,000 Triple Play: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.05 on average.
▼ -14.0 pts vs launch#8 of 8 · $2 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -14.0 pts vs launch#8 of 8 · $2 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
$25,000 Triple Play is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 52.5%, down 14.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 1 of the original 4 $25,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 83% of the 6.8M printed tickets have been sold.
52.5%
expected return
1 in 4.59
odds of any win
1 of 4
$25K top prizes left
83%
claimed · 5.7M of 6.8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 255,326 winning tickets still unclaimed.
12 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
10 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 28,667 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.05 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.01 · 50.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $25K
$0.04 · 1.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
255,314 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
83% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2025.
6.8M
tickets printed
5.7M
tickets claimed · 83%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
17%
25% of top prizes remain with only 17% 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
#8 of 8
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM.
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