MAX-A-MILLIONNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
MAX-A-MILLION is a $30 ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. Its overall odds of 1 in 2.95 beat the 1 in 3.49 typical of North Carolina's $30 games. At launch, about 1 in 165,578 tickets carried a prize of $10,000 or more.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Frequent winners: roughly a 34% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 2.95), ahead of most games.
- Roughly half the prize pool has been claimed, with a decent amount still left.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 363,971 | 25 | 12 | 48% |
| $100,000 | 1 in 909,927 | 10 | 6 | 60% |
| $20,000 | 1 in 454,964 | 20 | 11 | 55% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 227,482 | 40 | 17 | 43% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 12,036 | 756 | 370 | 49% |
| $500 | 1 in 1,199 | 7,586 | 3,660 | 48% |
| $300 | 1 in 300 | 30,320 | 14,650 | 48% |
| $200 | 1 in 33 | 273,002 | 132,070 | 48% |
| $100 | 1 in 40 | 227,427 | 110,051 | 48% |
| $60 | 1 in 30 | 303,309 | 147,292 | 49% |
| $50 | 1 in 15 | 606,504 | 294,695 | 49% |
| $40 | 1 in 13 | 728,042 | 354,223 | 49% |
| $30 | 1 in 10 | 910,010 | 447,026 | 49% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 2 $1,000,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 12. The most recent was on August 19.
- August 19, 20261 claimed · 12 left
- May 10, 20261 claimed · 13 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.2% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, slower than 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
- 985
- Ticket Price
- $30
- Start Date
- 3/4/2025
- Payout %
- 81.5%
- 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 (this game) | 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 | 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.