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Strong valueActiveWin Big · $20 · North Carolina Lottery
Win Big: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $17.40 on average.
▲ +9.8 pts vs launch#3 of 12 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
▲ +9.8 pts vs launch#3 of 12 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM
Win Big is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 87.0%, up 9.8 percentage points from the launch value of 77.2%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 77% of the 5.2M printed tickets have been sold.
87.0%
expected return
1 in 3.56
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
77%
claimed · 4M of 5.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 340,752 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $20
$40 – $200, an actual profit
11 win their money back
a $20 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 4,865 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $17.40 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.84 · 69.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.27 · 1.4% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$3.29 · 16.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
70.6%
Just 2 tickets out of 1.2M 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
340,704 winning tickets remain in this range: 80% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
77% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
5.2M
tickets printed
4M
tickets claimed · 77%
1.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
67%
Tickets left
23%
67% of top prizes remain with only 23% 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
#3 of 12
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from North Carolina Lottery published claim data, updated Aug 2, 2026, 12:36 PM.
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