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Strong valueActiveMillionaire Bucks · $30 · North Carolina Lottery
Millionaire Bucks: Strong value. A $30 ticket pays back $24.60 on average.
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
▲ +1.7 pts vs launch#5 of 9 · $30 NC gamesUpdated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM
Millionaire Bucks is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 82.0%, up 1.7 percentage points from the launch value of 80.3%. 3 of the original 4 $5,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 43% of the 11.1M printed tickets have been sold.
82.0%
expected return
1 in 3.04
odds of any win
3 of 4
$5M jackpots left
43%
claimed · 4.8M of 11.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 2,062,757 winning tickets still unclaimed.
22 win more than $30
$40 – $200, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
68 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 239 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $24.60 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $30 – $500
$22.00 · 73.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $100K
$0.21 · 0.7% of price
Jackpots $5M+
$2.39 · 8.0% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
74.0%
Just 3 tickets out of 6.3M carry the $5M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$30 – $500 wins
2,062,475 winning tickets remain in this range: 89% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
43% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
11.1M
tickets printed
4.8M
tickets claimed · 43%
6.3M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
75%
Tickets left
57%
75% of top prizes remain with only 57% 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, updated Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM.
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