$20,000 Taxes PaidNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$20,000 Taxes Paid is one of the North Carolina Lottery's $2 games. Our estimate for the $27,774 prize has slipped to about 1 in 1,561,452 per ticket, from 1 in 1,234,887 at launch. Its overall odds of 1 in 4.51 are the best of the 10 $2 tickets North Carolina sells.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 1.6M now. The $27,774 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- A leaner 22% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.51), below most games.
- A reasonable chunk of the top and mid-tier prizes are still available, though not the majority.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $27,774 | 1 in 1,233,825 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 411,275 | 12 | 9 | 75% |
| $500 | 1 in 23,390 | 211 | 132 | 63% |
| $200 | 1 in 19,663 | 251 | 153 | 61% |
| $100 | 1 in 6,607 | 747 | 466 | 62% |
| $50 | 1 in 1,491 | 3,310 | 2,037 | 62% |
| $30 | 1 in 990 | 4,983 | 3,071 | 62% |
| $20 | 1 in 120 | 41,137 | 25,337 | 62% |
| $10 | 1 in 19 | 263,217 | 163,115 | 62% |
| $5 | 1 in 46 | 106,917 | 67,478 | 63% |
| $4 | 1 in 19 | 263,216 | 166,266 | 63% |
| $2 | 1 in 12 | 411,238 | 264,374 | 64% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on September 2, 2 $27,774 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on October 16.
- October 16, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- September 16, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 4.7% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 8 times the average for North Carolina's $2 games (0.6% 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
- 55
- Ticket Price
- $2
- Start Date
- 9/1/2026
- 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 (this game) | 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® | 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.