Wheel of FortuneNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
Wheel of Fortune 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 774,772, from 1 in 1,111,358 at launch. At launch, about 1 in 158,765 tickets carried a prize of $1,000 or more.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.1M at launch, about 1 in 775K now. Tickets have sold faster than the $200,000 prizes have been claimed.
- A leaner 23% chance of winning per ticket (1 in 4.31), below most games.
- The larger prizes are well stocked, with plenty of top and mid-tier winners still out there.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Odds | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $200,000 | 1 in 1,112,016 | 5 | 4 | 80% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 556,008 | 10 | 5 | 50% |
| $2,000 | 1 in 278,004 | 20 | 14 | 70% |
| $500 | 1 in 19,787 | 281 | 156 | 56% |
| $200 | 1 in 9,911 | 561 | 301 | 54% |
| $100 | 1 in 1,208 | 4,602 | 2,528 | 55% |
| $50 | 1 in 70 | 79,084 | 44,208 | 56% |
| $25 | 1 in 150 | 37,093 | 20,764 | 56% |
| $20 | 1 in 17 | 333,579 | 182,683 | 55% |
| $10 | 1 in 18 | 315,128 | 174,462 | 55% |
| $5 | 1 in 11 | 518,915 | 293,921 | 57% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since its launch on July 4, one $200,000 top prize has been reported claimed, leaving 4. The most recent was on August 12.
- August 12, 20261 claimed · 4 left
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 1.4% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, faster than 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
- 48
- Ticket Price
- $5
- Start Date
- 7/3/2026
- 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 (this game) | 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 | 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.