Diamonds and DollarsNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Diamonds and Dollars costs $5 a ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. By our estimate the $200,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 742,022 per ticket, down from 1 in 1,278,944. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 98,380 tickets.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.3M at launch, about 1 in 742K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $200,000 prizes have been claimed.
- $0.69 returned per dollar is roughly what most scratch-offs pay right now.
- At 1 in 4.37, winning tickets turn up less often than usual.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,277,685 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 106,474 | 48 | 12 | 25% |
| $400 | 1 in 7,439 | 687 | 192 | 28% |
| $100 | 1 in 681 | 7,506 | 2,020 | 27% |
| $50 | 1 in 92 | 55,439 | 14,884 | 27% |
| $30 | 1 in 60 | 84,784 | 23,095 | 27% |
| $20 | 1 in 23 | 221,446 | 61,384 | 28% |
| $10 | 1 in 13 | 391,857 | 112,317 | 29% |
| $5 | 1 in 13 | 408,887 | 125,692 | 31% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on May 6, 2 $200,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on July 15.
- July 15, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- May 10, 20261 claimed · 3 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than the average for North Carolina's $5 games (0.8% 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
- 41
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 5/5/2026
- 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 | 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% |
| Diamonds and Dollars (this game) | 33 | 1 in 4.37 | 69.0% | $200K · 2 | 1.2% |
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.