Hit $50!North Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Hit $50! is one of the North Carolina Lottery's $1 games. At 1 in 4.92, its overall odds are the longest of North Carolina's 5 $1 games. At launch, about 1 in 1,728,500 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have worsened: 1 in 1.7M at launch, about 1 in 2.0M now. The $5,000 prizes are being claimed faster than tickets sell.
- At 1 in 4.92, winning tickets turn up less often than usual.
- Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 1 in 1,727,400 | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| $100 | 1 in 102,821 | 84 | 53 | 63% |
| $50 | 1 in 393 | 21,957 | 14,187 | 65% |
| $20 | 1 in 1,205 | 7,167 | 4,649 | 65% |
| $10 | 1 in 120 | 72,036 | 47,121 | 65% |
| $5 | 1 in 50 | 172,794 | 114,233 | 66% |
| $3 | 1 in 100 | 86,296 | 57,626 | 67% |
| $2 | 1 in 12 | 705,382 | 476,012 | 67% |
| $1 | 1 in 13 | 690,885 | 475,182 | 69% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on August 5, 2 $5,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 3. The most recent was on September 27.
- September 27, 20261 claimed · 3 left
- August 16, 20261 claimed · 4 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 2.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about 5 times the average for North Carolina's $1 games (0.5% 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
- 51
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 8/4/2026
- Payout %
- 60.4%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $1 ticket in North Carolina
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5X The Cash | 32 | 1 in 4.82 | 60.8% | $10K · 8 | 0.6% |
| Hit $50! (this game) | 30 | 1 in 4.92 | 60.4% | $5K · 3 | 2.4% |
| Lucky 7s | 27 | 1 in 4.85 | 60.8% | $7K · 5 | 1.2% |
| $50 Frenzy | 13 | 1 in 4.90 | 60.5% | $5K · 2 | 0.0% |
| $5,000 Triple Play | 12 | 1 in 4.79 | 60.5% | $5K · 3 | 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.