79 games ranked · Updated Sep 1, 2026

Best North Carolina scratchers,
ranked by the odds

All 79 active North Carolina scratchers, ordered by the overall odds printed on each game — best odds first. That printed number never changes after launch, so next to every game we also show what it still has left today.

200X The Cash North Carolina scratch-off ticket
🥇 #1 best odds
200X The Cash
1 in 2.93
$30 ticket · top prize $5,000,000
✓ 3 of 5 top prizes left
Max-a-million North Carolina scratch-off ticket
🥈 #2 best odds
Max-a-million
1 in 2.95
$30 ticket · top prize $1,000,000
✓ 12 of 25 top prizes left
$5,000,000 Ultimate North Carolina scratch-off ticket
🥉 #3 best odds
$5,000,000 Ultimate
1 in 3.01
$30 ticket · top prize $5,000,000
✓ 3 of 5 top prizes left

Every game, ranked

# Game Price Printed odds Top prizes left
1 200X The Cash #925 $30 1 in 2.93 3 of 5
2 Max-a-million #985 $30 1 in 2.95 12 of 25
3 $5,000,000 Ultimate #876 $30 1 in 3.01 3 of 5
4 200X The Cash #24 $30 1 in 3.01 2 of 3
5 Millionaire Bucks #952 $30 1 in 3.04 2 of 4
6 $2,000,000 Diamond Deluxe #917 $20 1 in 3.22 2 of 4
7 100X The Cash #976 $20 1 in 3.31 1 of 4
8 500X The Cash #32 $50 1 in 3.33 4 of 5
9 $2 Million Vault #992 $20 1 in 3.35 1 of 3
10 Stacks Of Cash #27 $20 1 in 3.35 2 of 3
11 Instant Millions #932 $20 1 in 3.41 2 of 4
12 20 Years #39 $20 1 in 3.45 2 of 3
13 Ruby Red 7's #8 $20 1 in 3.45 2 of 3
14 $100,000 Cash Payday #35 $30 1 in 3.49 56 of 80
15 $50,000 Payout #944 $20 1 in 3.54 42 of 100
16 Win Big #951 $20 1 in 3.56 2 of 3
17 Cashword King #7 $10 1 in 3.57 1 of 5
18 Loteria™ Multiplier #34 $10 1 in 3.63 1 of 4
19 50X The Cash #981 $10 1 in 3.75 1 of 6
20 $1,000,000 Bonus Match #11 $10 1 in 3.76 2 of 5
21 $1,000,000 Money Rush #975 $10 1 in 3.78 2 of 4
22 $2,000,000 Taxes Paid #58 $20 1 in 3.78 3 of 3
23 Jungle Cashword #42 $5 1 in 3.79 2 of 5
24 50X The Cash #31 $10 1 in 3.79 10 of 12
25 Emerald 10's #988 $10 1 in 3.8 2 of 5
26 Hot $2,000 #3 $10 1 in 3.8 449 of 2,048
27 Triple Red 777 Jackpot #49 $10 1 in 3.8 1 of 3
28 $10 Monopoly® #23 $10 1 in 3.81 2 of 4
29 Jumbo Bucks #948 $10 1 in 3.81 gone
30 $1,000,000 Triple Play #996 $10 1 in 3.84 4 of 5
31 Jumbo Bucks #46 $10 1 in 3.84 3 of 5
32 Loteria Grande #52 $5 1 in 3.86 5 of 5
33 Loteria® Fiesta #2 $5 1 in 3.86 1 of 6
34 Xtreme Cashword #949 $5 1 in 3.92 2 of 9
35 $1,000,000 Taxes Paid #57 $10 1 in 3.95 3 of 3
36 Loteria® #959 $3 1 in 3.99 2 of 8
37 Cash #53 $5 1 in 4.13 3 of 3
38 Black Titanium #892 $30 1 in 4.14 1 of 6
39 $8 Million Money Maker #972 $50 1 in 4.14 1 of 5
40 Carolina Black Premier #4 $30 1 in 4.18 2 of 3
41 Supreme 7s #940 $30 1 in 4.18 1 of 4
42 High Voltage Cash #13 $5 1 in 4.24 1 of 4
43 $5 Monopoly® #22 $5 1 in 4.28 2 of 5
44 5 Times Lucky #1 $5 1 in 4.28 1 of 5
45 Prize Link Connect #37 $5 1 in 4.29 3 of 4
46 $200,000 Taxes Paid #56 $5 1 in 4.3 3 of 3
47 Wheel Of Fortune #48 $5 1 in 4.31 4 of 5
48 $200,000 Triple Play #995 $5 1 in 4.32 2 of 4
49 Cash King #26 $5 1 in 4.32 1 of 4
50 20X The Cash #980 $5 1 in 4.33 3 of 8
51 Mega Bucks #947 $5 1 in 4.35 2 of 9
52 $500 Frenzy #33 $5 1 in 4.37 6,996 of 16,465
53 20X The Cash #30 $5 1 in 4.37 12 of 15
54 Diamonds And Dollars #41 $5 1 in 4.37 2 of 4
55 $400,000 Jackpot #928 $5 1 in 4.4 2 of 5
56 Mega Bucks #45 $5 1 in 4.5 2 of 5
57 $20,000 Taxes Paid #55 $2 1 in 4.51 4 of 4
58 Corner Payout #47 $2 1 in 4.54 2 of 3
59 Lady Luck #990 $2 1 in 4.58 2 of 4
60 $25,000 Triple Play #994 $2 1 in 4.59 1 of 4
61 Cash Drop #12 $2 1 in 4.63 3 of 4
62 10X The Cash #29 $2 1 in 4.67 9 of 12
63 Jackpot Millions #50 $20 1 in 4.67 2 of 3
64 777 #25 $2 1 in 4.68 2 of 4
65 Easy $100s #36 $2 1 in 4.68 2 of 5
66 Magnificent Millions #14 $20 1 in 4.69 2 of 3
67 Jr Big Ol Bucks #44 $2 1 in 4.75 2 of 6
68 Junior Big Ol' Bucks® #946 $2 1 in 4.75 1 of 9
69 $5,000 Triple Play #993 $1 1 in 4.79 3 of 6
70 5X The Cash #28 $1 1 in 4.82 9 of 16
71 Lucky 7s #40 $1 1 in 4.85 7 of 8
72 $50 Frenzy #5 $1 1 in 4.9 2 of 6
73 Hit $50! #51 $1 1 in 4.92 4 of 5
74 Double Your Money #10 $5 1 in 4.98 gone
75 Ultimate Blowout #15 $50 1 in 8.26 54 of 3,325
76 Massive Cash Blowout #54 $30 1 in 9.37 1 of 7
77 Extreme Money Blowout #43 $20 1 in 9.88 3,656 of 6,166
78 $80 Million Cash Blowout #939 $10 1 in 9.95 1,291 of 15,330
79 Big Cash Blowout #38 $10 1 in 9.95 3,836 of 9,807
🔒 This is the day-one ranking. The app re-ranks every North Carolina game each morning by what's actually left — ticket value, the SmartScratcher Score, and a straight buy-or-skip answer. Get the app.

Odds and prize counts come from official North Carolina Lottery data, refreshed every morning — last update Sep 1, 2026.

Why "best odds" isn't the whole story

Every number in the ranking above was printed before a single ticket was sold. From that moment on, the game only moves in one direction: tickets get scratched, prizes come off the board, and the odds on the back of the ticket never update to say so. A game can advertise great odds for months after the prizes that made it worth playing are gone.

Exhibit A

Jumbo Bucks sits at #29 of 79 in this ranking, still advertising overall odds of 1 in 3.81. But all 8 top prizes of $1,000,000 have been claimed — the biggest reason to play it no longer exists, and the printed odds will never mention that.

Right now, 2 of the 79 games in this ranking have already lost every top prize.

Printed odds are half the story. SmartScratcher does the other half: it takes the prizes still on the board today and turns them into a ticket value, a 0–100 score, and a fresh ranking for North Carolina every single morning — see today's real ranking in the app.

Best odds at every price

$1
$5,000 Triple Play
1 in 4.79
✓ 3 of 6 top prizes left
$2
$20,000 Taxes Paid
1 in 4.51
✓ 4 of 4 top prizes left
$3
Loteria®
1 in 3.99
✓ 2 of 8 top prizes left
$5
Jungle Cashword
1 in 3.79
✓ 2 of 5 top prizes left
$10
Cashword King
1 in 3.57
✓ 1 of 5 top prizes left
$20
$2,000,000 Diamond Deluxe
1 in 3.22
✓ 2 of 4 top prizes left
$30
200X The Cash
1 in 2.93
✓ 3 of 5 top prizes left
$50
500X The Cash
1 in 3.33
✓ 4 of 5 top prizes left

Quick answers

Which North Carolina scratcher has the best odds right now?

As of Sep 1, 2026, 200X The Cash has the best printed overall odds of any active North Carolina scratch-off — 1 in 2.93, on a $30 ticket. The full ranking above covers every active game.

What do overall odds like "1 in 2.93" actually mean?

It means that when the game launched, about 1 in every 2.93 tickets was a winner of some prize — counting every tier, including free tickets and prizes that just win your money back. It is not the chance of hitting a big prize; top-prize odds are far longer.

Do the odds change after a game launches?

The printed number never changes — it describes the game on day one, before anyone scratched anything. The reality changes every day as tickets sell and prizes get claimed. A game can keep advertising great odds long after its biggest prizes are gone, which is why this page shows live top-prize counts next to every ranking.

How is this ranking different from the SmartScratcher app?

This page ranks North Carolina games by one public number: the overall odds printed at launch. The app starts where that number stops — it uses the prizes actually left today to work out each game's current ticket value and a 0–100 score, then re-ranks every game every morning. Printed odds tell you how a game started; the app tells you what it's worth now.

These numbers tell you what's left.
The app tells you what's worth it.

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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