Tar Heels®North Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Tar Heels® 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 1,234,888, from 1 in 1,454,989 at launch. Its ValueScore of 63/100 (Good) makes it first of the 23 active $5 games in North Carolina. It went on sale on September 29, 2026, so 85% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.5M at launch, about 1 in 1.2M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $200,000 prizes have been claimed.
- Prize quality is high: most of the meaningful top and mid-tier prizes remain in play.
- Odds of 1 in 4.16 put the win rate squarely in the normal range.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 9Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,455,720 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 485,240 | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 181,965 | 16 | 14 | 88% |
| $500 | 1 in 9,903 | 294 | 248 | 84% |
| $200 | 1 in 9,803 | 297 | 258 | 87% |
| $100 | 1 in 402 | 7,246 | 6,083 | 84% |
| $50 | 1 in 171 | 16,980 | 14,298 | 84% |
| $25 | 1 in 36 | 80,261 | 67,667 | 84% |
| $15 | 1 in 18 | 157,694 | 133,367 | 85% |
| $10 | 1 in 12 | 242,620 | 205,855 | 85% |
| $5 | 1 in 15 | 194,098 | 165,898 | 85% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
All 2 $200,000 top prizes left at launch on September 30 are still unclaimed.
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
- 59
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 9/29/2026
- Payout %
- 69.0%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/9/2026
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All 23 ranked →| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tar Heels® (this game) | 63 | 1 in 4.16 | 69.0% | $200K · 2 | - |
| NC State® | 62 | 1 in 4.16 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | - |
| 20X The Cash | 58 | 1 in 4.37 | 68.9% | $250K · 12 | 0.5% |
| CASH | 57 | 1 in 4.13 | 71.0% | $200K · 2 | 2.3% |
| Loteria Grande | 55 | 1 in 3.86 | 68.9% | $150K · 4 | 1.8% |
| Jungle Cashword | 50 | 1 in 3.79 | 69.0% | $150K · 2 | 1.7% |
| Prize Link Connect | 50 | 1 in 4.29 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 0.5% |
| Wheel of Fortune | 47 | 1 in 4.31 | 68.9% | $200K · 4 | 1.5% |
| $200,000 Taxes Paid | 46 | 1 in 4.30 | 69.0% | $278K · 2 | 5.2% |
| Mega Bucks | 42 | 1 in 4.50 | 68.9% | $200K · 2 | 1.6% |
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.