$100,000 Cash PaydayNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$100,000 Cash Payday is a $30 ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. Its expected return of $0.78 per $1 sits $0.02 below the typical $30 ticket in North Carolina. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.49 trail the 1 in 3.04 typical of North Carolina's $30 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- The prize pool gives back $0.78 of every $1, better than most games manage.
- Plenty of prizes remain in circulation across this game.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 1 in 76,752 | 80 | 53 | 66% |
| $30,000 | 1 in 614,019 | 10 | 7 | 70% |
| $3,000 | 1 in 39,109 | 157 | 105 | 67% |
| $500 | 1 in 582 | 10,555 | 6,992 | 66% |
| $300 | 1 in 86 | 71,663 | 46,754 | 65% |
| $150 | 1 in 38 | 160,462 | 104,761 | 65% |
| $100 | 1 in 15 | 409,355 | 267,008 | 65% |
| $50 | 1 in 13 | 491,138 | 321,063 | 65% |
| $30 | 1 in 10 | 614,043 | 403,300 | 66% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on March 6, 27 $100,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 53. The most recent was on October 14.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for North Carolina's $30 games (0.3% 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
- 35
- Ticket Price
- $30
- Start Date
- 3/3/2026
- Payout %
- 77.9%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $30 ticket in North Carolina
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millionaire Bucks | 81 | 1 in 3.04 | 80.3% | $5M · 2 | 0.1% |
| MAX-A-MILLION | 80 | 1 in 2.95 | 81.5% | $1M · 12 | 0.2% |
| $100,000 Cash Payday (this game) | 80 | 1 in 3.49 | 77.9% | $100K · 53 | 0.6% |
| 200X The Cash | 77 | 1 in 3.01 | 80.4% | $5M · 2 | 0.7% |
| 200X The Cash (Game #925) | 77 | 1 in 2.93 | 80.1% | $5M · 3 | 0.1% |
| Massive Cash Blowout | 73 | 1 in 9.37 | 78.0% | $3K · 2,350 | 1.2% |
| $5,000,000 Ultimate | 67 | 1 in 3.01 | 79.9% | $5M · 3 | 0.1% |
| Carolina Black Premier | 64 | 1 in 4.18 | 80.1% | $4M · 2 | 0.5% |
| Supreme 7s | 55 | 1 in 4.18 | 80.4% | $4M · 1 | 0.2% |
| Black Titanium | 52 | 1 in 4.14 | 80.7% | $4M · 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.