1 of 5
top prizes of $8,000,000 still out there
Ticket price$50
Top prize$8,000,000
Launch odds1 in 4.14
Prizes remaining (all tiers)876,790
Est. tickets left
≈24%
$8 Million Money Maker is a $50 scratch-off from the North Carolina Lottery (game #972) with a top prize of $8,000,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.14 at launch. 4 of 5 top prizes are gone, 1 is still unclaimed, and an estimated 24% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 876,790 prizes are still out there (it started with 3,674,720).
Quick status check on "$8 Million Money Maker": About three-quarters of the tickets are gone, and the top of the board hasn't budged — one of five big prizes still unclaimed. No hype needed; a fixed print run doing that speaks for itself. How far along a game is doesn't decide anything by itself — it just changes how hard to squint at the other numbers. The full tier-by-tier count is in the table below — every prize, counted.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $8,000,000 | 1 | 5 |
| $100,000 | 3 | 10 |
| $25,000 | 10 | 40 |
| $10,000 | 32 | 125 |
| $5,000 | 66 | 259 |
| $2,000 | 166 | 652 |
| $500 | 36,140 | 152,169 |
| $400 | 23,419 | 98,889 |
| $250 | 91,041 | 380,307 |
| $200 | 150,595 | 633,731 |
| $100 | 575,317 | 2,408,533 |
Prize counts come straight from official North Carolina lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
1 of the 5 top prizes of $8,000,000 are still unclaimed, according to official North Carolina lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
$8 Million Money Maker is a $50 scratch-off. It is game #972 from the North Carolina Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.14, 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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