$2,000,000 Taxes PaidNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The North Carolina Lottery sells $2,000,000 Taxes Paid as a $20 ticket. By our estimate the $2,777,392 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 1,272,558 per ticket, down from 1 in 1,602,400. At a ValueScore of 75/100 (Good), it is the best $20 game on sale in North Carolina. On average it pays back about $0.75 per $1, $0.02 less than the median $20 game in North Carolina. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.78 trail the 1 in 3.45 typical of North Carolina's $20 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.6M at launch, about 1 in 1.3M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $2,777,392 prizes have been claimed.
- Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.
- Frequent winners: roughly a 26% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.78), ahead of most games.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,777,392 | 1 in 1,602,660 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| $50,000 | 1 in 534,220 | 9 | 6 | 67% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 400,665 | 12 | 11 | 92% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 228,951 | 21 | 17 | 81% |
| $500 | 1 in 5,899 | 815 | 648 | 80% |
| $200 | 1 in 301 | 15,980 | 12,637 | 79% |
| $100 | 1 in 21 | 229,169 | 181,631 | 79% |
| $50 | 1 in 17 | 288,509 | 228,797 | 79% |
| $40 | 1 in 14 | 352,555 | 279,793 | 79% |
| $20 | 1 in 13 | 384,673 | 306,424 | 80% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 3 $2,777,392 top prizes left at launch on September 2 are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 5 times the average for North Carolina's $20 games (0.5% 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
- 58
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 9/1/2026
- Payout %
- 74.7%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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All 13 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,000,000 Taxes Paid (this game) | 75 | 1 in 3.78 | 74.7% | $2.8M · 3 | 2.4% |
| Stacks of Cash | 70 | 1 in 3.35 | 77.6% | $2M · 2 | 0.6% |
| $2,000,000 Diamond Deluxe | 64 | 1 in 3.22 | 77.5% | $2M · 2 | 0.0% |
| Ruby Red 7's | 64 | 1 in 3.45 | 77.3% | $2M · 2 | 0.8% |
| 20 Years | 62 | 1 in 3.45 | 76.4% | $1M · 1 | 1.0% |
| Instant Millions | 60 | 1 in 3.41 | 77.2% | $2M · 2 | 0.1% |
| $2 MILLION VAULT | 59 | 1 in 3.35 | 77.2% | $2M · 1 | 0.3% |
| $50,000 Payout | 58 | 1 in 3.54 | 74.9% | $50K · 42 | 0.0% |
| Jackpot Millions | 57 | 1 in 4.67 | 75.4% | $1M · 2 | 1.4% |
| Win Big | 56 | 1 in 3.56 | 77.2% | $2M · 2 | 0.2% |
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.