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Poor valueActiveJunior BIG OL' BUCKS® · $2 · North Carolina Lottery
Junior BIG OL' BUCKS®: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.07 on average.
▼ -13.0 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $2 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -13.0 pts vs launch#7 of 8 · $2 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
Junior BIG OL' BUCKS® is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 53.5%, down 13.0 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 2 of the original 9 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 88% of the 13.3M printed tickets have been sold.
53.5%
expected return
1 in 4.75
odds of any win
2 of 9
$50K top prizes left
88%
claimed · 11.8M of 13.3M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 323,852 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $2
$3 – $100, an actual profit
10 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 90,515 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.07 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.01 · 50.3% of price
Mid prizes $50K
$0.06 · 3.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
323,850 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
88% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2024.
13.3M
tickets printed
11.8M
tickets claimed · 88%
1.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
22%
Tickets left
12%
22% of top prizes remain with only 12% 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
#7 of 8
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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