$5,000,000 UltimateNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The North Carolina Lottery sells $5,000,000 Ultimate as a $30 ticket. By our estimate the $5,000,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 1,388,220 per ticket, down from 1 in 3,333,521. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.01 beat the 1 in 3.49 typical of North Carolina's $30 games. It has been on sale since March 2023, and 25% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 3.3M at launch, about 1 in 1.4M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $5,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
- At $0.80 returned per $1 spent, this game pays back more than the typical scratch-off.
- Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000,000 | 1 in 3,334,878 | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| $100,000 | 1 in 1,111,626 | 15 | 4 | 27% |
| $50,000 | 1 in 666,976 | 25 | 6 | 24% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 555,813 | 30 | 7 | 23% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 277,907 | 60 | 15 | 25% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 6,020 | 2,770 | 701 | 25% |
| $500 | 1 in 200 | 83,401 | 20,425 | 24% |
| $200 | 1 in 42 | 393,108 | 96,402 | 25% |
| $100 | 1 in 20 | 833,677 | 205,306 | 25% |
| $50 | 1 in 14 | 1,222,412 | 302,764 | 25% |
| $40 | 1 in 13 | 1,334,288 | 333,660 | 25% |
| $30 | 1 in 10 | 1,667,619 | 424,315 | 25% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 3 $5,000,000 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for North Carolina's $30 games (0.4% 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
- 876
- Ticket Price
- $30
- Start Date
- 3/7/2023
- Payout %
- 79.9%
- 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 | 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 (this game) | 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.