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Weak valueActiveJUMBO BUCKS · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
JUMBO BUCKS: Weak value. A $10 ticket pays back $6.47 on average.
▼ -10.6 pts vs launch#15 of 15 · $10 NC games
▼ -10.6 pts vs launch#15 of 15 · $10 NC games
JUMBO BUCKS is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.7%, down 10.6 percentage points from the launch value of 75.3%. 0 of the original 8 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 87% of the 11.2M printed tickets have been sold.
64.7%
expected return
1 in 3.81
odds of any win
0 of 8
$1M jackpots left
87%
claimed · 9.8M of 11.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 368,643 winning tickets still unclaimed.
15 win more than $10
$20 – $200, an actual profit
11 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 3,300 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $6.47 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.35 · 63.5% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.12 · 1.2% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.00 · 0.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
64.7%
Just 0 tickets out of 1.4M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
368,619 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
87% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Sep 2026.
11.2M
tickets printed
9.8M
tickets claimed · 87%
1.4M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
0%
Tickets left
13%
0% of top prizes remain with 13% 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
#15 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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