Best North Carolina Scratch Off Tickets: Odds, Remaining Prizes & More
Find the best scratch-off tickets to buy in North Carolina right now. We rank all 80 active North Carolina Lottery scratch-off games by ROI, odds, and remaining prizes — updated daily from official sources. Use the tabs below to filter by best value, best odds, newest releases, or games to avoid.
Best Value
$1,000,000 Bonus Match
100X The Cash
$2,000,000 Diamond Deluxe
Best Odds
200X The Cash
MAX-A-MILLION
$5,000,000 Ultimate
Top Prizes Claimed
JUMBO BUCKS
Double Your Money
200X The Cash
$30
MAX-A-MILLION
$30
$5,000,000 Ultimate
$30
200X The Cash
$30
Millionaire Bucks
$30
$2,000,000 Diamond Deluxe
$20
100X The Cash
$20
500X The Cash
$50
$2 MILLION VAULT
$20
Stacks of Cash
$20
Instant Millions
$20
20 Years
$20
Ruby Red 7's
$20
$100,000 Cash Payday
$30
$50,000 Payout
$20
Win Big
$20
Cashword King
$10
LOTERIA™ MULTIPLIER
$10
50X The Cash
$10
$1,000,000 Bonus Match
$10
$2,000,000 Taxes Paid
$20
$1,000,000 Money Rush
$10
Jungle Cashword
$5
50X The Cash
$10
Triple Red 777 Jackpot
$10
Emerald 10's
$10
Hot $2,000
$10
JUMBO BUCKS
$10
$10 MONOPOLY®
$10
Jumbo Bucks
$10
$1,000,000 Triple Play
$10
Loteria Grande
$5
LOTERIA® Fiesta
$5
Xtreme Cashword
$5
$1,000,000 Taxes Paid
$10
LOTERIA®
$3
CASH
$5
$8 Million Money Maker
$50
Black Titanium
$30
Tar Heels®
$5
NC State®
$5
Supreme 7s
$30
Carolina Black Premier
$30
High Voltage Cash
$5
$5 MONOPOLY®
$5
5 Times Lucky
$5
Prize Link Connect
$5
$200,000 Taxes Paid
$5
Wheel of Fortune
$5
$200,000 Triple Play
$5
Cash King
$5
20X The Cash
$5
MEGA BUCKS
$5
Diamonds and Dollars
$5
$500 Frenzy
$5
20X The Cash
$5
$400,000 Jackpot
$5
Mega Bucks
$5
$20,000 Taxes Paid
$2
Corner Payout
$2
LADY LUCK
$2
$25,000 Triple Play
$2
Cash Drop
$2
Jackpot Millions
$20
10X The Cash
$2
Easy $100s
$2
Magnificent Millions
$20
Jr Big Ol Bucks
$2
Junior BIG OL' BUCKS®
$2
$5,000 Triple Play
$1
5X The Cash
$1
Lucky 7s
$1
$50 Frenzy
$1
Hit $50!
$1
Double Your Money
$5
Ultimate Blowout
$50
Massive Cash Blowout
$30
Extreme Money Blowout
$20
Big Cash Blowout
$10
$80 Million Cash Blowout
$10
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
22.4% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $5,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
24.1% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 12 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
16.7% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $5,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
22.4% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $5,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
26.2% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $5,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
7.1% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $2,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
0.5% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $2,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
5× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
21.2% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 4 top prize ticket(s) of $10,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
28.3% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $2,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
25.6% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $2,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
25.1% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $2,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
33.1% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
12.5% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $2,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
29.1% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 54 top prize ticket(s) of $100,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
34.6% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 42 top prize ticket(s) of $50,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
13.5% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $2,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $400,000 Jackpot ($5)
0.3% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
32.2% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $2,777,392 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $150,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 10 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $400,000 Jackpot ($5)
1.6% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 410 top prize ticket(s) of $2,000 remaining.
All top prize tickets have been claimed. The highest-value prizes are no longer available.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 4 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 5 top prize ticket(s) of $150,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $150,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× 10X The Cash ($2)
1× 5X The Cash ($1)
3.0% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $150,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $400,000 Jackpot ($5)
1.5% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $1,388,696 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
1× 10X The Cash ($2)
1× 5X The Cash ($1)
2.3% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $75,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
5× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
23.4% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $8,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
17.8% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $4,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
26.0% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $4,000,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
20.7% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $4,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $277,740 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 4 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $250,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 6201 top prize ticket(s) of $500 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 12 top prize ticket(s) of $250,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $400,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $200,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $27,774 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $20,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $20,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× 5X The Cash ($1)
15.2% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $25,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $20,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
33.7% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 9 top prize ticket(s) of $50,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $20,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
27.2% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $1,000,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $50,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× 5X The Cash ($1)
19.7% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 1 top prize ticket(s) of $50,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $5,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 8 top prize ticket(s) of $10,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 7 top prize ticket(s) of $7,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 2 top prize ticket(s) of $5,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 3 top prize ticket(s) of $5,000 remaining.
All top prize tickets have been claimed. The highest-value prizes are no longer available.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
5× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
26.6% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 50 top prize ticket(s) of $5,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
3× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
28.0% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 2577 top prize ticket(s) of $3,000 remaining.
Instead of this ticket, consider:
2× $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10)
33.5% better expected value
Top prizes are still available! There are 3350 top prize ticket(s) of $2,000 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 3144 top prize ticket(s) of $500 remaining.
Top prizes are still available! There are 1291 top prize ticket(s) of $500 remaining.
Prize Activity Summary
Over the past 30 days, scratch-off games in this state paid out approximately $149.4 million in prizes, averaging $5.0 million per day across 76 active games. 500X The Cash leads in prize activity with $22.0 million claimed ($50 ticket). 5 top prizes remain. $8 Million Money Maker follows with $15.6 million in claims, with only 1 top prize remaining.
Smart Combo Strategies by Price Tier
Our analysis found that some North Carolina scratch-off tickets can be beaten by buying a combination of cheaper tickets with higher total expected value. Here's a breakdown by price tier.
| Price Tier | Games Improved | Avg EV Improvement | Best Combo Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2 | 2 of 9 games (22.2%) | +17.5% | 2x 5X The Cash ($1) |
| $3 | 1 of 1 games (100.0%) | +2.3% | 1x 10X The Cash ($2) + 1x 5X The Cash ($1) |
| $5 | 1 of 23 games (4.3%) | +3.0% | 2x 10X The Cash ($2) + 1x 5X The Cash ($1) |
| $10 | 3 of 16 games (18.8%) | +1.1% | 2x $400,000 Jackpot ($5) |
| $20 | 13 of 13 games (100.0%) | +23.6% | 2x $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10) |
| $30 | 10 of 10 games (100.0%) | +23.3% | 3x $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10) |
| $50 | 3 of 3 games (100.0%) | +23.7% | 5x $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10) |
Expected value improvement is calculated from current remaining prizes. Combo strategies use the best-performing game at each cheaper price tier.
How We Calculate Value & ROI
Two numbers on this page answer two different questions. Odds tell you how often a ticket wins anything. ROI tells you how much you get back.
- Published odds — the North Carolina Lottery’s official “1 in X” chance of winning any prize. Set when the game is printed and fixed for its life.
- Expected value (EV) — the average amount a ticket returns, taking every remaining prize tier and weighting it by the current chance of hitting it.
- ROI — (EV − ticket price) ÷ ticket price. Negative on nearly every game; that gap is the house edge.
Odds barely move as prizes are claimed. ROI does, because it depends on which prizes are still out there. A game whose top prizes are gone can keep exactly the same odds while its ROI falls — which is why two games with identical odds can be very different buys, and why winning “any prize” often just means getting your ticket price back.
Figures update daily from official North Carolina Lottery prize reports. Read the full methodology, formulas and worked examples.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best scratch-off tickets to buy in North Carolina?
Our data shows that lottery scratchers with the highest ROI give you the best chance among North Carolina instant win games. Use the Best Value tab above to see the current top performers.
Why Play North Carolina Scratch Offs?
The North Carolina Lottery offers a variety of scratch-off tickets and instant games, with jackpots up to millions of dollars. Check remaining prizes on these lottery tickets to avoid duds.
What is the difference between odds and ROI?
Odds tell you the chance of winning any prize on a single lottery ticket. ROI (Return on Investment) measures how much money you can expect to get back per dollar spent, after accounting for remaining prizes. In short: Odds = probability of winning something; ROI = actual money value of the game based on what's left to win.
Are there any North Carolina scratchers with positive ROI right now?
Yes — check the Best Value tab. There are currently 2 positive ROI games available.
Should I play ending-soon games?
Sometimes yes — when significant prizes remain, these can offer great value. No North Carolina games are ending within the next 90 days, so there is no Ending Soon tab on this page right now. Bear in mind that a closing game starts the clock on claiming: scratch-off tickets do expire, and the deadline runs from the game's end date rather than the day you bought it.
What are the best $5 scratch-off tickets in North Carolina?
Right now, $400,000 Jackpot leads the $5 category with 4.40:1 overall odds and -28.0% ROI. It has 2 top prizes remaining. Use the price filter above to see all $5 games ranked.
What are the best $10 scratch-off tickets in North Carolina?
For $10 players, $1,000,000 Bonus Match currently offers the best value with 3.76:1 odds and +0.6% ROI. 2 top prizes of $1,000,000 remain.
What are the best $20 scratch-off tickets in North Carolina?
At the $20 price point, 100X The Cash is the top pick with 3.31:1 odds and +0.2% ROI. Top prize: $2,000,000 with 1 remaining.
Which North Carolina scratch-off wins the most?
Right now, $1,000,000 Bonus Match ($10 ticket) is the top performer in North Carolina based on expected return on investment (+0.6% ROI). It has 2 top prizes of $1,000,000 still available. This changes daily as prizes are claimed — use the Best Value tab above for the current rankings.
Which North Carolina scratch-offs should I avoid?
Avoid games where all top prizes have been claimed — there are currently 2 such games still on shelves in North Carolina. These tickets sell at full price but their biggest payouts are gone, significantly reducing expected value. See the "Top Prizes Claimed (Avoid)" tab above for the full list.
How do I claim a winning North Carolina scratch-off?
Smaller prizes can usually be cashed at any lottery retailer, while larger amounts have to go through a district office or lottery headquarters — the cut-off varies by state. Our guide to where to cash scratch-off tickets covers the thresholds and the documents you need. Above certain amounts the prize is reported and withheld against, so it is worth reading up on taxes on scratch-off winnings before you claim.
Can I buy North Carolina scratch-offs online or with a card?
It depends on the state. A handful run official iLottery platforms with digital instant games, and the rest are retail-only — see whether you can buy scratch-offs online for the current list. Payment rules vary too: some states and retailers are cash-only, which is covered in our guide to paying with a debit card. Age limits differ as well — most states require 18, a few require 21.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for educational purposes only. All data is sourced from the official North Carolina lottery website and is updated regularly, but we cannot guarantee 100% accuracy. Lottery games are games of chance, and past performance does not guarantee future results. Please play responsibly and never spend more than you can afford to lose. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER.
