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Weak valueActiveLADY LUCK · $2 · North Carolina Lottery
LADY LUCK: Weak value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.28 on average.
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $2 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▼ -2.5 pts vs launch#5 of 8 · $2 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
LADY LUCK is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 64.0%, down 2.5 percentage points from the launch value of 66.5%. 2 of the original 4 $20,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 71% of the 6.5M printed tickets have been sold.
64.0%
expected return
1 in 4.58
odds of any win
2 of 4
$20K top prizes left
71%
claimed · 4.7M of 6.5M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 408,772 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 32,970 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $1.28 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $2 – $500
$1.25 · 62.7% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $20K
$0.03 · 1.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $500 wins
408,761 winning tickets remain in this range: 98% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
71% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, May 2025.
6.5M
tickets printed
4.7M
tickets claimed · 71%
1.9M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
29%
50% of top prizes remain with only 29% 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 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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