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Strong valueActiveWin Big · $20 · North Carolina Lottery
Win Big: Strong value. A $20 ticket pays back $17.27 on average.
▲ +9.1 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
▲ +9.1 pts vs launch#2 of 11 · $20 NC gamesUpdated Jun 15, 2026
Win Big is a $20 scratch-off ticket from the North Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 86.3%, up 9.1 percentage points from the launch value of 77.2%. 2 of the original 3 $2,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 75% of the 5.2M printed tickets have been sold.
86.3%
expected return
1 in 3.6
odds of any win
2 of 3
$2M jackpots left
75%
claimed · 3.9M of 5.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 364,188 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 4,904 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $17.27 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $20 – $500
$13.86 · 69.3% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $100K
$0.33 · 1.7% of price
Jackpots $2M+
$3.08 · 15.4% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
71.0%
Just 2 tickets out of 1.3M 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
364,138 winning tickets remain in this range: 80% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
75% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
5.2M
tickets printed
3.9M
tickets claimed · 75%
1.3M
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
25%
67% of top prizes remain with only 25% 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
#2 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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