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Average valueActiveJumbo Bucks · $10 · North Carolina Lottery
Jumbo Bucks: Average value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.36 on average.
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#8 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
▼ -1.2 pts vs launch#8 of 15 · $10 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
Jumbo Bucks is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 73.6%, down 1.2 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 3 of the original 5 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 29% of the 8.0M printed tickets have been sold.
73.6%
expected return
1 in 3.84
odds of any win
3 of 5
$1M jackpots left
29%
claimed · 2.3M of 8M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,475,009 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 5,401 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.36 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.74 · 67.4% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $50K
$0.09 · 0.9% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$0.53 · 5.3% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
68.3%
Just 3 tickets out of 5.7M 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
1,474,895 winning tickets remain in this range: 92% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
29% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2026.
8M
tickets printed
2.3M
tickets claimed · 29%
5.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
60%
Tickets left
71%
60% of top prizes remain with 71% 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
#8 of 15
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM.
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