Mega BucksNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Mega Bucks costs $5 a ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. Prizes of $1,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 89,221 tickets. It pays back about $0.69 per $1 on average, in line with North Carolina's other $5 games.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Prize quality is fair, with some of the bigger winners already claimed.
- Expected value lands near the pack at $0.69 per $1 spent.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,463,544 | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 487,848 | 15 | 7 | 47% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 118,028 | 62 | 28 | 45% |
| $500 | 1 in 38,924 | 188 | 73 | 39% |
| $200 | 1 in 29,271 | 250 | 103 | 41% |
| $100 | 1 in 100 | 73,070 | 30,301 | 41% |
| $50 | 1 in 126 | 58,267 | 24,311 | 42% |
| $30 | 1 in 240 | 30,538 | 12,894 | 42% |
| $20 | 1 in 60 | 122,031 | 51,614 | 42% |
| $10 | 1 in 10 | 731,707 | 317,849 | 43% |
| $5 | 1 in 12 | 609,664 | 274,845 | 45% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on June 3, 3 $200,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 2. The most recent was on August 9.
- August 9, 20261 claimed · 2 left
- July 18, 20261 claimed · 3 left
- June 28, 20261 claimed · 4 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.5% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, about twice the average for North Carolina's $5 games (0.8% 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
- 45
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 6/2/2026
- 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) | 41 | 1 in 4.50 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 1.5% |
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.