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Strong valueActiveMAX-A-MILLION · $30 · North Carolina Lottery
MAX-A-MILLION: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.30 on average.
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $30 NC games
▼ -0.5 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $30 NC games
MAX-A-MILLION is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 81.0%, down 0.5 percentage points from the launch value of 81.5%. 12 of the original 25 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 50% of the 9.1M printed tickets have been sold.
81.0%
expected return
1 in 2.95
odds of any win
12 of 25
$1M jackpots left
50%
claimed · 4.6M of 9.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,532,544 winning tickets still unclaimed.
24 win more than $30
$40 – $300, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
66 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,087 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.30 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$21.36 · 71.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.28 · 0.9% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$2.65 · 8.8% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
72.2%
Just 12 tickets out of 4.5M carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
1,532,122 winning tickets remain in this range: 88% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
50% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Mar 2025.
9.1M
tickets printed
4.6M
tickets claimed · 50%
4.5M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
48%
Tickets left
50%
48% of top prizes remain with 50% 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 $30 NC peers
#5 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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