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Decent valueActiveJackpot Millions · $20 · North Carolina Lottery
Jackpot Millions: Decent value. A $20 ticket pays back $15.03 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#11 of 11 · $20 NC games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#11 of 11 · $20 NC games
Jackpot Millions is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 75.1%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 75.4%. 2 of the original 3 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 28% of the 4.4M printed tickets have been sold.
75.1%
expected return
1 in 4.67
odds of any win
2 of 3
$1M jackpots left
28%
claimed · 1.2M of 4.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 672,231 winning tickets still unclaimed.
21 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 774 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $15.03 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $40 – $500
$14.30 · 71.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $10K
$0.09 · 0.5% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.64 · 3.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.0%
Just 2 tickets out of 3.1M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$40 – $500 wins
672,124 winning tickets remain in this range: 95% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
28% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
4.4M
tickets printed
1.2M
tickets claimed · 28%
3.1M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
72%
67% of top prizes remain with 72% 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
#11 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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