Red Hot Millions — $10 North Carolina Scratch-Off #900
Red Hot Millions (#900) was a $10 North Carolina scratch-off. Its final figures, from August 21, 2025, were 76.3% payout ($7.63 expected back per ticket), 1 in 3.77 for any prize and 1 in 728,659 for the top prize. Since launch the payout has risen 2.0 points (74.3% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 1.7% (1 in 3.70 at launch). 1 of 4 top prizes of $1,000,000 were never claimed, and we estimate 91.3% of its tickets had sold. Red Hot Millions is no longer on sale in North Carolina; the figures below are final as of August 21, 2025.
Current payout
76.3%
74.3% at launch
Expected value
$7.63
per $10 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.77
1 in 3.70 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.77
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 6.78
win more than $10
$600+ odds
1 in 20,241
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
1 of 4
$1,000,000 each
Tickets remaining
8.7%
≈ 728,659 tickets
Prizes remaining
Every prize level in Red Hot Millions, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 193,355 of 2,269,091 prizes (8.5%) are still out there.
| Prize | Odds at launch | Odds now | Total | Claimed | Remaining | % left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | 1 in 2,099,746 | 1 in 728,659 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25.0% |
| $10,000 | 1 in 419,949 | 1 in 728,659 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5.0% |
| $5,000 | 1 in 174,979 | 1 in 364,330 | 48 | 46 | 2 | 4.2% |
| $1,000 | 1 in 23,593 | 1 in 22,771 | 356 | 324 | 32 | 9.0% |
| $500 | 1 in 2,509 | 1 in 2,999 | 3,347 | 3,104 | 243 | 7.3% |
| $200 | 1 in 1,996 | 1 in 2,389 | 4,208 | 3,903 | 305 | 7.2% |
| $150 | 1 in 1,503 | 1 in 1,864 | 5,588 | 5,197 | 391 | 7.0% |
| $100 | 1 in 59.9 | 1 in 74.4 | 140,171 | 130,372 | 9,799 | 7.0% |
| $50 | 1 in 45.8 | 1 in 56.1 | 183,512 | 170,533 | 12,979 | 7.1% |
| $30 | 1 in 60.0 | 1 in 68.0 | 140,093 | 129,381 | 10,712 | 7.6% |
| $20 | 1 in 9.37 | 1 in 9.97 | 895,968 | 822,890 | 73,078 | 8.2% |
| $10 | 1 in 9.38 | 1 in 8.49 | 895,776 | 809,964 | 85,812 | 9.6% |
| All prizes | 1 in 3.70 | 1 in 3.77 | 2,269,091 | 2,075,736 | 193,355 | 8.5% |
How Red Hot Millions has moved
Recent claims of $1,000 and up
- July 26, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 32 remain.
- July 18, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 33 remain.
- July 15, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 34 remain.
- July 4, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 35 remain.
- July 1, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 36 remain.
- June 11, 2025: one $1,000,000 prize was claimed; 1 remain.
- June 11, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 37 remain.
- June 10, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 38 remain.
- June 3, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 2 remain.
- June 3, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 39 remain.
- May 28, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 40 remain.
- May 17, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 41 remain.
Red Hot Millions: common questions
- How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Red Hot Millions?
- 1 of 4 as of September 20, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 728,659.
- What are the odds of winning anything on Red Hot Millions?
- 1 in 3.77 today, compared with 1 in 3.70 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.77, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.78.
- Is Red Hot Millions worth buying?
- Its current payout is 76.3% ($7.63 back per $10 ticket), rank #— of 58 in North Carolina. The best $10 alternative today is $1,000,000 Bonus Match (#11, $10) at 88.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
- How many Red Hot Millions tickets are left?
- We estimate 728,659 of roughly 8,402,379 printed tickets are unsold (91.3% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
- When did Red Hot Millions launch and is it still on sale?
- We first saw it on February 16, 2025. It has ended.
Other $10 North Carolina scratch-offs
- $1,000,000 Bonus Match — 88.1% payout, 1 in 4.17 any prize
- Cashword King — 81.3% payout, 1 in 3.31 any prize
- $10 MONOPOLY® — 78.7% payout, 1 in 3.72 any prize
- Triple Red 777 Jackpot — 76.5% payout, 1 in 3.60 any prize
- Jumbo Bucks — 76.1% payout, 1 in 3.75 any prize