$200,000 Taxes PaidNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
$200,000 Taxes Paid costs $5 a ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 212,151 tickets. It pays back about $0.69 per $1 on average, in line with North Carolina's other $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Average win frequency: about a 23% chance to win something per ticket (1 in 4.30).
- The bigger prize tiers here have plenty left to win.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $277,740 | 1 in 1,696,760 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 565,587 | 9 | 6 | 67% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 424,190 | 12 | 7 | 58% |
| $500 | 1 in 9,789 | 520 | 326 | 63% |
| $200 | 1 in 7,795 | 653 | 398 | 61% |
| $100 | 1 in 544 | 9,360 | 5,869 | 63% |
| $50 | 1 in 168 | 30,322 | 19,000 | 63% |
| $25 | 1 in 18 | 277,996 | 175,150 | 63% |
| $20 | 1 in 150 | 33,992 | 21,605 | 64% |
| $10 | 1 in 13 | 390,211 | 249,293 | 64% |
| $5 | 1 in 12 | 441,018 | 286,116 | 65% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on September 2, one $277,740 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on September 25.
- September 25, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 6 times the average for North Carolina's $5 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
- 56
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 9/1/2026
- Payout %
- 69.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $5 ticket in North Carolina
All 23 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC State® | 62 | 1 in 4.16 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 8.6% |
| Tar Heels® | 61 | 1 in 4.16 | 69.0% | $200K · 2 | 10.1% |
| 20X The Cash | 58 | 1 in 4.37 | 68.9% | $250K · 12 | 0.4% |
| CASH | 56 | 1 in 4.13 | 71.0% | $200K · 2 | 2.1% |
| Loteria Grande | 54 | 1 in 3.86 | 68.9% | $150K · 4 | 1.7% |
| Wheel of Fortune | 47 | 1 in 4.31 | 68.9% | $200K · 4 | 1.4% |
| $200,000 Taxes Paid (this game) | 47 | 1 in 4.30 | 69.0% | $278K · 2 | 4.0% |
| Jungle Cashword | 47 | 1 in 3.79 | 69.0% | $150K · 2 | 1.6% |
| Prize Link Connect | 45 | 1 in 4.29 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 0.5% |
| Mega Bucks | 41 | 1 in 4.50 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 1.5% |
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.