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Average valueActiveHot $2,000 · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
Hot $2,000: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.11 on average.
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $10 NC games
▼ -1.4 pts vs launch#14 of 15 · $10 NC games
Hot $2,000 is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.1%, down 1.4 percentage points from the launch value of 72.5%. 456 of the original 2,048 $2,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 78% of the 6.1M printed tickets have been sold.
71.1%
expected return
1 in 3.80
odds of any win
456 of 2,048
$2K top prizes left
78%
claimed · 4.8M of 6.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 360,366 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 2,409 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.11 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.44 · 64.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K
$0.67 · 6.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
359,910 winning tickets remain in this range: 91% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
78% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2025.
6.1M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 78%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
22%
Tickets left
22%
22% of top prizes remain with only 22% 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
#14 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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