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Weak valueActiveJr Big Ol Bucks · $2 · North Carolina Lottery
Jr Big Ol Bucks: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.29 on average.
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $2 NC games
▼ -2.0 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $2 NC games
Jr Big Ol Bucks is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.5%, down 2.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 2 of the original 6 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 31% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
64.5%
expected return
1 in 4.75
odds of any win
2 of 6
$50K top prizes left
31%
claimed · 2.8M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,325,847 winning tickets still unclaimed.
13 win more than $2
$4 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
79 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 63,544 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.29 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.27 · 63.7% of price
Mid prizes $50K
$0.02 · 0.8% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
1,325,845 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
31% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
9.1M
tickets printed
2.8M
tickets claimed · 31%
6.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
69%
33% of top prizes remain with 69% 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
#5 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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