20 YearsNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
20 Years is a $20 ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. At launch, about 1 in 17,627 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more. It pays back about $0.76 per $1 on average, in line with North Carolina's other $20 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 1.4M now. The $1,000,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- Expected value of $0.76 per $1 is above average. More of each dollar comes back as prizes than most games.
- Roughly half the prize pool has been claimed, with a decent amount still left.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 1,194,060 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 17,911 | 200 | 73 | 37% |
| $500 | 1 in 4,011 | 893 | 349 | 39% |
| $400 | 1 in 1,995 | 1,796 | 674 | 38% |
| $200 | 1 in 183 | 19,575 | 7,323 | 37% |
| $100 | 1 in 30 | 119,215 | 44,696 | 37% |
| $50 | 1 in 17 | 209,054 | 78,694 | 38% |
| $40 | 1 in 11 | 328,345 | 123,595 | 38% |
| $20 | 1 in 10 | 358,074 | 136,394 | 38% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on April 8, 2 $1,000,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 1. The most recent was on September 4.
- September 4, 20261 claimed · 1 left
- April 18, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for North Carolina's $20 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
- 39
- Ticket Price
- $20
- Start Date
- 4/7/2026
- Payout %
- 76.4%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $20 ticket in North Carolina
All 13 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,000,000 Taxes Paid | 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 (this game) | 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.