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top prizes of $27,774 still out there
Ticket price$2
Top prize$27,774
Launch odds1 in 4.51
Prizes remaining (all tiers)1,095,030
Est. tickets left
≈100%
$20,000 Taxes Paid is a $2 scratch-off from the North Carolina Lottery (game #55) with a top prize of $27,774 and overall odds of 1 in 4.51 at launch. All 4 top prizes are still unclaimed and an estimated 100% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 1,095,030 prizes are still out there (it started with 1,095,243).
Some games are best understood one row of the table at a time. On "$20,000 Taxes Paid" right now, the most common win still waiting is $2 — 411,159 of them on the board — plus twelve prizes of $2,000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| $27,774 | 4 | 4 |
| $2,000 | 12 | 12 |
| $500 | 211 | 211 |
| $200 | 251 | 251 |
| $100 | 746 | 747 |
| $50 | 3,309 | 3,310 |
| $30 | 4,983 | 4,983 |
| $20 | 41,128 | 41,137 |
| $10 | 263,161 | 263,217 |
| $5 | 106,899 | 106,917 |
| $4 | 263,167 | 263,216 |
| $2 | 411,159 | 411,238 |
Prize counts come straight from official North Carolina lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
4 of the 4 top prizes of $27,774 are still unclaimed, according to official North Carolina lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
$20,000 Taxes Paid is a $2 scratch-off. It is game #55 from the North Carolina Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.51, 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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