$1,000,000 Taxes PaidNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$1,000,000 Taxes Paid is a $10 ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. Its expected return of $0.72 per $1 sits $0.03 below the typical $10 ticket in North Carolina. At launch, about 1 in 264,665 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- About a 25% chance of a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.95), in line with most games.
- The larger prizes are well stocked, with plenty of top and mid-tier winners still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,388,696 | 1 in 1,851,860 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 617,287 | 9 | 5 | 56% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 617,287 | 9 | 6 | 67% |
| $500 | 1 in 6,000 | 926 | 649 | 70% |
| $200 | 1 in 1,998 | 2,780 | 1,852 | 67% |
| $100 | 1 in 200 | 27,843 | 18,845 | 68% |
| $50 | 1 in 27 | 208,753 | 141,331 | 68% |
| $40 | 1 in 301 | 18,488 | 12,565 | 68% |
| $30 | 1 in 30 | 185,307 | 125,905 | 68% |
| $20 | 1 in 10 | 555,514 | 379,827 | 68% |
| $10 | 1 in 14 | 407,447 | 281,188 | 69% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on September 2, one $1,388,696 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on September 30.
- September 30, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 3.8% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 6 times the average for North Carolina's $10 games (0.7% 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
- 57
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 9/1/2026
- Payout %
- 72.3%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $10 ticket in North Carolina
All 17 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moneybag Cashword | 85 | 1 in 3.56 | 75.5% | $1M · 4 | - |
| 50X The Cash | 76 | 1 in 3.79 | 74.8% | $1M · 10 | 0.4% |
| Jumbo Bucks | 64 | 1 in 3.84 | 74.9% | $1M · 3 | 1.3% |
| $1,000,000 Taxes Paid (this game) | 59 | 1 in 3.95 | 72.3% | $1.4M · 2 | 3.8% |
| LOTERIA™ MULTIPLIER | 59 | 1 in 3.63 | 75.6% | $1M · 1 | 1.5% |
| Triple Red 777 Jackpot | 57 | 1 in 3.80 | 75.1% | $1M · 1 | 2.7% |
| $1,000,000 Triple Play | 54 | 1 in 3.84 | 75.1% | $1M · 4 | 0.3% |
| $1,000,000 Money Rush | 53 | 1 in 3.78 | 75.3% | $1M · 2 | 0.0% |
| $10 MONOPOLY® | 50 | 1 in 3.81 | 75.3% | $1M · 2 | 0.3% |
| Emerald 10's | 46 | 1 in 3.80 | 75.1% | $1M · 2 | 0.3% |
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.