3 of 3
top prizes of $250,000 still out there
Ticket price$20
Top prize$250,000
Launch odds1 in 3.1
Prizes remaining (all tiers)532,162
Est. tickets left
≈96%
Holiday Gold Surprise is a $20 scratch-off from the North Carolina Lottery (game #68) with a top prize of $250,000 and overall odds of 1 in 3.1 at launch. All 3 top prizes are still unclaimed and an estimated 96% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 532,162 prizes are still out there (it started with 556,345).
"Holiday Gold Surprise" has joined the North Carolina lineup at $20 with three top prizes of $250,000. Only on the first day do the printed odds describe the game exactly, because nothing has been won. Starting tomorrow, this page shows how that changes.
Everything here about "Holiday Gold Surprise" comes from official North Carolina lottery numbers, current through November 5.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $250,000 | 3 | 3 |
| $50,000 | 4 | 4 |
| $5,000 | 8 | 8 |
| $2,000 | 38 | 40 |
| $500 | 696 | 725 |
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Is Holiday Gold Surprise still worth buying? By our math it has a
SmartScratcher Score and a rank among all 89 North Carolina games
today — see both in the app.
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| $400 | 621 | 642 |
| $200 | 10,178 | 10,618 |
| $100 | 57,642 | 60,245 |
| $50 | 91,484 | 95,679 |
| $40 | 164,793 | 172,413 |
| $20 | 206,695 | 215,968 |
Prize counts come straight from official North Carolina lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Nov 5, 2026.
The share of Holiday Gold Surprise tickets still unsold, by our count, since SmartScratcher started tracking it on Nov 3, 2026. The game may have been on sale before that.
About 99% of Holiday Gold Surprise tickets were still out there on Nov 3, 2026. About 96% are left as of Nov 5, 2026.
By our count, from the prizes the North Carolina Lottery reports unclaimed each morning. Hover or tap a point for its number.
3 of the 3 top prizes of $250,000 are still unclaimed, according to official North Carolina lottery data from Nov 5, 2026.
Holiday Gold Surprise is a $20 scratch-off. It is game #68 from the North Carolina Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 3.1, 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 Nov 5, 2026. SmartScratcher updates every morning.
Prize counts are just the start. SmartScratcher turns them into a ticket value, a 0–100 score, and a straight answer for every game — so you skip the picked-clean ones and play the good ones.
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