MEGA BUCKSNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
MEGA BUCKS is one of the North Carolina Lottery's $5 games. With tickets selling faster than its top prizes are claimed, our estimate for the $200,000 prize has improved to about 1 in 560,148, from 1 in 1,233,163 at launch. Only 10% of its prizes are still unclaimed. Its ValueScore of 23/100 (Below Avg) makes it 22nd out of 23 $5 tickets in North Carolina. It has been on sale since August 2024.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.2M at launch, about 1 in 560K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $200,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.69 per $1 spent.
- Most of this game's prizes are gone.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,234,580 | 9 | 2 | 22% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 617,290 | 18 | 1 | 6% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 154,323 | 72 | 10 | 14% |
| $500 | 1 in 23,392 | 475 | 39 | 8% |
| $100 | 1 in 804 | 13,818 | 1,061 | 8% |
| $50 | 1 in 67 | 166,625 | 12,822 | 8% |
| $25 | 1 in 30 | 370,211 | 30,079 | 8% |
| $15 | 1 in 33 | 333,660 | 28,962 | 9% |
| $10 | 1 in 15 | 740,624 | 69,596 | 9% |
| $5 | 1 in 12 | 925,859 | 114,967 | 12% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, one $200,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on April 9.
- April 9, 20261 claimed · 2 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, well below the average for North Carolina's $5 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
- 947
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 8/30/2024
- Payout %
- 68.9%
- 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% |
| MEGA BUCKS (this game) | 23 | 1 in 4.35 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 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.