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Strong valueActiveRuby Red 7's · $20 · North Carolina Lottery
Ruby Red 7's: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $16.53 on average.
▲ +5.4 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +5.4 pts vs launch#4 of 11 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
Ruby Red 7's is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 82.7%, up 5.4 percentage points from the launch value of 77.3%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 68% of the 5.1M printed tickets have been sold.
82.7%
expected return
1 in 3.5
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
68%
claimed · 3.5M of 5.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 468,934 winning tickets still unclaimed.
19 win more than $20
$30 – $400, an actual profit
10 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 2,644 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $16.53 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.83 · 69.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.22 · 1.1% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$2.47 · 12.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.3%
Just 2 tickets out of 1.6M carry the $2M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$20 – $500 wins
468,848 winning tickets remain in this range: 84% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
68% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2025.
5.1M
tickets printed
3.5M
tickets claimed · 68%
1.6M
still out there
Tickets claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
32%
67% of top prizes remain with only 32% 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 $20 NC peers
#4 of 11
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 15, 2026.
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