3 of 8
top prizes of $250,000 still out there
Ticket price$5
Top prize$250,000
Launch odds1 in 4.33
Prizes remaining (all tiers)633,302
Est. tickets left
≈24%
20X The Cash is a $5 scratch-off from the North Carolina Lottery (game #980) with a top prize of $250,000 and overall odds of 1 in 4.33 at launch. 5 of 8 top prizes are gone, 3 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 24% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 633,302 prizes are still out there (it started with 2,689,964).
About three-quarters of the tickets are already gone, which makes this game deep into its run. Why care? Because the same prizes mean different things early versus late — the stack they're hiding in keeps shrinking. Right now: three of eight top prizes left, and the ticket pile is shrinking faster than the big-prize list, which is how you'd draw it up. Everything above comes from the North Carolina Lottery's own published numbers — we just do the counting.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $250,000 | 3 | 8 |
| $10,000 | 4 | 16 |
| $1,000 | 44 | 198 |
| $500 | 141 | 674 |
| $100 | 16,221 | 77,656 |
| $50 | 15,840 | 77,682 |
| $40 | 6,028 | 29,115 |
| $30 | 15,999 | 77,617 |
| $20 | 73,225 | 339,676 |
| $10 | 228,743 | 1,019,608 |
| $5 | 277,054 | 1,067,714 |
Prize counts come straight from official North Carolina lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
3 of the 8 top prizes of $250,000 are still unclaimed, according to official North Carolina lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
20X The Cash is a $5 scratch-off. It is game #980 from the North Carolina Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 4.33, 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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