Junior BIG OL' BUCKS®North Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The North Carolina Lottery sells Junior BIG OL' BUCKS® as a $2 ticket. At 1 in 4.75, its overall odds are the longest of North Carolina's 10 $2 games. Its prize pool is nearly spent: 10% of prizes remain. At a ValueScore of 8/100 (Poor), it is 10th of the 10 active $2 games in North Carolina. It has been on sale since August 2024.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.5M at launch, about 1 in 1.3M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $50,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Prize quality is thin, with the bigger winners mostly gone.
- A leaner 21% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.75), below most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | 1 in 1,481,817 | 9 | 1 | 11% |
| $500 | 1 in 47,460 | 281 | 12 | 4% |
| $100 | 1 in 3,063 | 4,354 | 191 | 4% |
| $50 | 1 in 1,194 | 11,170 | 532 | 5% |
| $20 | 1 in 39 | 337,885 | 18,251 | 5% |
| $10 | 1 in 42 | 320,025 | 19,842 | 6% |
| $5 | 1 in 30 | 444,469 | 38,724 | 9% |
| $3 | 1 in 25 | 533,506 | 61,159 | 11% |
| $2 | 1 in 12 | 1,155,858 | 138,774 | 12% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $50,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on June 28.
- June 28, 20261 claimed · 1 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for North Carolina's $2 games (1.1% a week).
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- North Carolina
- Game Number
- 946
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 8/30/2024
- Payout %
- 66.3%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $2 ticket in North Carolina
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10X The Cash | 38 | 1 in 4.67 | 66.3% | $50K · 8 | 0.4% |
| $20,000 Taxes Paid | 38 | 1 in 4.51 | 66.3% | $28K · 2 | 4.7% |
| Corner Payout | 37 | 1 in 4.54 | 66.3% | $20K · 2 | 1.2% |
| Cash Drop | 31 | 1 in 4.63 | 66.3% | $20K · 3 | 0.4% |
| Jr Big Ol Bucks | 31 | 1 in 4.75 | 66.3% | $50K · 2 | 1.4% |
| Easy $100s | 30 | 1 in 4.68 | 66.3% | $20K · 2 | 1.0% |
| 777 | 19 | 1 in 4.68 | 66.3% | $20K · 2 | 0.8% |
| LADY LUCK | 19 | 1 in 4.58 | 66.3% | $20K · 2 | 0.0% |
| $25,000 Triple Play | 17 | 1 in 4.59 | 66.3% | $25K · 1 | 0.0% |
| Junior BIG OL' BUCKS® (this game) | 8 | 1 in 4.75 | 66.3% | $50K · 1 | 0.0% |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.