4 of 5
top prizes of $5,000 still out there
Ticket price$1
Top prize$5,000
Launch odds1 in 4.92
Prizes remaining (all tiers)1,491,790
Est. tickets left
≈85%
Hit $50! is a $1 scratch-off from the North Carolina Lottery (game #51) with a top prize of $5,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.92 at launch. 1 of 5 top prizes is gone, 4 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 85% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 1,491,790 prizes are still out there (it started with 1,756,606).
Some games are best understood one row of the table at a time. On "Hit $50!" right now, the most common win still waiting is $2 — 598,246 of them on the board — plus 67 prizes of $100 sitting just under the top end. The full count, top to bottom, is right below. Everything above comes from the North Carolina Lottery's own published numbers — we just do the counting.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 4 | 5 |
| $100 | 67 | 84 |
| $50 | 18,240 | 21,957 |
| $20 | 5,949 | 7,167 |
| $10 | 60,276 | 72,036 |
| $5 | 145,348 | 172,794 |
| $3 | 72,801 | 86,296 |
| $2 | 598,246 | 705,382 |
| $1 | 590,859 | 690,885 |
Prize counts come straight from official North Carolina lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
4 of the 5 top prizes of $5,000 are still unclaimed, according to official North Carolina lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Hit $50! is a $1 scratch-off. It is game #51 from the North Carolina Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.92, counting every prize tier. Odds shift as tickets sell and prizes get claimed — that's exactly what the prize table on this page tracks.
Prize counts come straight from official North Carolina lottery data, last refreshed on Sep 1, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
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