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Average valueActiveJUMBO BUCKS · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
JUMBO BUCKS: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.14 on average.
▼ -3.9 pts vs launch#13 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -3.9 pts vs launch#13 of 14 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
JUMBO BUCKS is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 71.4%, down 3.9 percentage points from the launch value of 75.3%. 1 of the original 8 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 86% of the 11.2M printed tickets have been sold.
71.4%
expected return
1 in 3.81
odds of any win
1 of 8
$1M jackpots left
86%
claimed · 9.6M of 11.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 406,323 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 3,324 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.14 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.38 · 63.8% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.11 · 1.1% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.64 · 6.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
65.0%
Just 1 ticket out of 1.6M 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
406,295 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
86% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.
11.2M
tickets printed
9.6M
tickets claimed · 86%
1.6M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
13%
Tickets left
14%
13% of top prizes remain with 14% 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
#13 of 14
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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