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Ranked 12th of 83 Tickets in North Carolina

Stacks of CashNorth Carolina Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining

Image Credit: North Carolina Lottery
70
VALUESCORE
Good
$20North CarolinaGame #27GREEN
At a glance

Stacks of Cash costs $20 a ticket from the North Carolina Lottery. By our estimate the $2,000,000 prize is easier to hit now than at launch: about 1 in 1,012,940 per ticket, down from 1 in 1,471,274. Prizes of $10,000 and up were printed on roughly 1 in 210,182 tickets.

Overall Odds
1 in 3.35
Exp. Value
$0.78
per $1 spent
Top Prize
$2,000,000
Top Prizes Left
2
Prizes Remaining
46%
ValueScore™
70 / 100
Good

Should I Buy This Ticket?

Expected value per $1 spent:
$0.78
↑
ABOVE AVERAGE
Above the pack: #12 of 83 in North Carolina, better than about 87% of the state's games.
Why
↑Frequent winners: roughly a 30% shot at a prize on each ticket (1 in 3.35), ahead of most games.
  • Top-prize odds have improved: 1 in 1.5M at launch, about 1 in 1.0M now. Tickets have sold faster than the $2,000,000 prizes have been claimed.
  • At $0.78 returned per $1 spent, this game pays back more than the typical scratch-off.
  • Inventory is about half depleted, but a fair number of prizes are still out there.

Current Prize Odds

ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19
$2,000,000
2 of 3 left
launch odds 1 in 1.5M
now ~1 in 1.0M
$100,000
3 of 6 left
launch odds 1 in 736K
now ~1 in 675K
$10,000
5 of 12 left
launch odds 1 in 368K
now ~1 in 405K
ScratchCheck estimate. Current odds are derived from the prizes still unclaimed and our estimate of tickets remaining, shown next to the lottery’s printed launch odds. Actual odds vary as tickets are sold and prizes claimed.

Prize Breakdown

PrizeOddsTotalLeftStatus
$2,000,0001 in 1,471,92032
67%
$100,0001 in 735,96063
50%
$10,0001 in 367,980125
42%
$5,0001 in 58,8777537
49%
$2,0001 in 58,8777537
49%
$5001 in 2,9801,482654
44%
$2001 in 12036,83916,708
45%
$1001 in 21211,84296,281
45%
$501 in 24183,83484,177
46%
$401 in 40110,45550,515
46%
$301 in 15294,481134,914
46%
$201 in 9478,455221,407
46%

Prize Pool Analysis

Total Payout at Launch
$68,551,430
Current Prize Pool
$32,610,710
Payout Percentage
47.6%
Total Prizes Remaining
604,740

Ticket Statistics

Total Tickets Printed
4,413,823
Estimated Remaining
2,025,879
% Remaining
45.9%
Prize pool figures use advertised prize values. Tickets printed is estimated from overall odds. Tickets remaining is estimated from the share of prizes still unclaimed.

Prize History

Top prizes left

All 2 $2,000,000 top prizes left on March 6, when our records for it began, are still unclaimed.

21
2
March 6October 19

How fast it's selling

Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.6% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week, close to the average for North Carolina's $20 games (0.6% 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

70
VALUESCORE
Good
70
out of 100
Expected Value
33/40
Prize Quality
11/25
Win Frequency
18/20
Inventory Health
8/15
Updated: 10/19/2026

Game Details

Game Number
27
Ticket Price
$20
Start Date
1/6/2026
Payout %
77.6%
Data Source
Official
Last Updated
10/19/2026

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$20.00 per ticket · 1 in 3.35 overall odds
✓ Accounts for prizes already claimed

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Stacks of Cash scratch-off a good buy?
It is a solid pick. Stacks of Cash scores 70/100 (Good) and is 2nd of the 13 active $20 games in North Carolina. It pays back about $0.78 for every $1 spent.
What are the odds of winning the Stacks of Cash scratch-off?
The overall odds of winning any prize with Stacks of Cash are 1 in 3.35. This means roughly 1 in every 3 tickets wins a prize of any amount.
What is the top prize for Stacks of Cash?
The top prize for Stacks of Cash is $2,000,000. As of our latest update, 2 top prizes remain unclaimed.

Every $20 ticket in North Carolina

All 13 ranked →
GameValueScoreOddsPayoutTop prize · leftClaimed per week
$2,000,000 Taxes Paid751 in 3.7874.7%$2.8M · 32.4%
Stacks of Cash (this game)701 in 3.3577.6%$2M · 20.6%
$2,000,000 Diamond Deluxe641 in 3.2277.5%$2M · 20.0%
Ruby Red 7's641 in 3.4577.3%$2M · 20.8%
20 Years621 in 3.4576.4%$1M · 11.0%
Instant Millions601 in 3.4177.2%$2M · 20.1%
$2 MILLION VAULT591 in 3.3577.2%$2M · 10.3%
$50,000 Payout581 in 3.5474.9%$50K · 420.0%
Jackpot Millions571 in 4.6775.4%$1M · 21.4%
Win Big561 in 3.5677.2%$2M · 20.2%

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.