12 of 25
top prizes of $1,000,000 still out there
Ticket price$30
Top prize$1,000,000
Launch odds1 in 2.95
Prizes remaining (all tiers)1,547,173
Est. tickets left
≈50%
Max-a-million is a $30 scratch-off from the North Carolina Lottery (game #985) with a top prize of $1,000,000 and overall odds of 1 in 2.95 at launch. 13 of 25 top prizes are gone, 12 are still unclaimed, and an estimated 50% of tickets remain. Across every prize tier, 1,547,173 prizes are still out there (it started with 3,087,051).
Every scratcher is a race between the tickets running out and the prizes running out. "MAX-A-MILLION" is about halfway through its run — about half of the print run is still out there, and twelve of 25 top prizes are still in play. The rest of this page is the play-by-play. Top-prize counts are the fastest-moving number on any scratcher — worth checking back tomorrow. Everything above comes from the North Carolina Lottery's own published numbers — we just do the counting.
| Prize | Still out there | Started with |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 12 | 25 |
| $100,000 | 6 | 10 |
| $20,000 | 11 | 20 |
| $5,000 | 18 | 40 |
| $1,000 | 377 | 756 |
| $500 | 3,767 | 7,586 |
| $300 | 15,058 | 30,320 |
| $200 | 135,868 | 273,002 |
| $100 | 113,275 | 227,427 |
| $60 | 151,527 | 303,309 |
| $50 | 303,224 | 606,504 |
| $40 | 364,386 | 728,042 |
| $30 | 459,644 | 910,010 |
Prize counts come straight from official North Carolina lottery data. SmartScratcher refreshes them every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.
12 of the 25 top prizes of $1,000,000 are still unclaimed, according to official North Carolina lottery data from Sep 1, 2026.
Max-a-million is a $30 scratch-off. It is game #985 from the North Carolina Lottery.
The overall odds printed at launch are 1 in 2.95, 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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