Lucky 7sNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Lucky 7s is one of the North Carolina Lottery's $1 games. At launch, about 1 in 1,576,032 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more. It pays back about $0.61 per $1 on average, in line with North Carolina's other $1 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.6M at launch, about 1 in 1.4M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $7,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Prizes hit less often here, roughly 21% per ticket (1 in 4.85).
- A reasonable chunk of the top and mid-tier prizes are still available, though not the majority.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,000 | 1 in 1,574,925 | 8 | 5 | 63% |
| $500 | 1 in 629,970 | 20 | 8 | 40% |
| $300 | 1 in 233,322 | 54 | 24 | 44% |
| $200 | 1 in 116,661 | 108 | 60 | 56% |
| $100 | 1 in 11,677 | 1,079 | 561 | 52% |
| $50 | 1 in 5,560 | 2,266 | 1,187 | 52% |
| $40 | 1 in 3,924 | 3,211 | 1,679 | 52% |
| $30 | 1 in 1,250 | 10,079 | 5,317 | 53% |
| $20 | 1 in 601 | 20,978 | 11,029 | 53% |
| $10 | 1 in 71 | 178,564 | 94,665 | 53% |
| $6 | 1 in 71 | 178,400 | 95,899 | 54% |
| $3 | 1 in 55 | 231,050 | 126,584 | 55% |
| $2 | 1 in 13 | 965,792 | 535,772 | 55% |
| $1 | 1 in 13 | 1,008,032 | 577,144 | 57% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on May 6, 3 $7,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 5. The most recent was on October 9.
- October 9, 20261 claimed · 5 left
- October 2, 20261 claimed · 6 left
- June 11, 20261 claimed · 7 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 $1 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
- 40
- Ticket Price
- $1
- Start Date
- 5/5/2026
- Payout %
- 60.8%
- 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! | 30 | 1 in 4.92 | 60.4% | $5K · 3 | 2.4% |
| Lucky 7s (this game) | 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.