Hot $2,000North Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The North Carolina Lottery sells Hot $2,000 as a $10 ticket. On average it pays back about $0.73 per $1, $0.02 less than the median $10 game in North Carolina. At a ValueScore of 43/100 (Fair), it is 14th of the 17 active $10 games in North Carolina.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Low inventory: most of this game's prizes have already been claimed.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.73 per $1 spent.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 1 in 2,998 | 2,048 | 388 | 19% |
| $500 | 1 in 11,785 | 521 | 92 | 18% |
| $200 | 1 in 5,898 | 1,041 | 195 | 19% |
| $100 | 1 in 100 | 61,445 | 11,235 | 18% |
| $50 | 1 in 25 | 245,412 | 44,946 | 18% |
| $40 | 1 in 79 | 78,199 | 14,493 | 19% |
| $20 | 1 in 10 | 614,013 | 117,016 | 19% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 613,941 | 124,188 | 20% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 335 $2,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 388. The most recent was on October 18.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than the average for North Carolina's $10 games (0.9% 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
- 3
- Ticket Price
- $10
- Start Date
- 7/1/2025
- Payout %
- 72.5%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $10 ticket in North Carolina
All 17 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moneybag Cashword | 85 | 1 in 3.56 | 75.5% | $1M · 4 | - |
| 50X The Cash | 76 | 1 in 3.79 | 74.8% | $1M · 10 | 0.4% |
| Jumbo Bucks | 64 | 1 in 3.84 | 74.9% | $1M · 3 | 1.3% |
| $1,000,000 Taxes Paid | 59 | 1 in 3.95 | 72.3% | $1.4M · 2 | 3.8% |
| LOTERIA™ MULTIPLIER | 59 | 1 in 3.63 | 75.6% | $1M · 1 | 1.5% |
| Triple Red 777 Jackpot | 57 | 1 in 3.80 | 75.1% | $1M · 1 | 2.7% |
| $1,000,000 Triple Play | 54 | 1 in 3.84 | 75.1% | $1M · 4 | 0.3% |
| $1,000,000 Money Rush | 53 | 1 in 3.78 | 75.3% | $1M · 2 | 0.0% |
| $10 MONOPOLY® | 50 | 1 in 3.81 | 75.3% | $1M · 2 | 0.3% |
| Hot $2,000 (this game) | 43 | 1 in 3.80 | 72.5% | $2K · 388 | 0.4% |
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.