How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in $1,000,000 Triple Play?

4 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 757,712.

What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000,000 Triple Play?

1 in 4.14 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.84 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.14, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.85.

Is $1,000,000 Triple Play worth buying?

Its current payout is 74.8% ($7.48 back per $10 ticket), rank #25 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $1,000,000 Bonus Match (#11, $10) at 92.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $1,000,000 Triple Play tickets are left?

We estimate 3,030,850 of roughly 7,346,200 printed tickets are unsold (58.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $1,000,000 Triple Play launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on June 3, 2025. It is still on sale.

$1,000,000 Triple Play — $10 North Carolina Scratch-Off #996

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:09 UTC · launched June 3, 2025

$1,000,000 Triple Play North Carolina scratch-off ticket

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$1,000,000 Triple Play (#996) is a $10 North Carolina scratch-off launched on June 3, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #25 of 62 active games on current payout (74.8%, $7.48 expected back per ticket) and #6 of 13 $10 games, #32 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.14) and #13 on top-prize odds (1 in 757,712). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.4 points (75.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 7.3% (1 in 3.84 at launch). 4 of 5 top prizes of $1,000,000 remain, and we estimate 3,030,850 tickets are still unsold (58.7% sold). That is a middle-of-the-pack game: fine to play, but the ranking lists show better value at the same price.

Current payout

74.8%

75.1% at launch

Expected value

$7.48

per $10 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.14

1 in 3.84 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.14

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.85

win more than $10

$600+ odds

1 in 36,962

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

4 of 5

$1,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

41.3%

≈ 3,030,850 tickets

Lots sold, few top prizes claimed. 59% sold, only 1 of 5 top prizes claimed: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 757,712, was 1 in 1.5 million). More North Carolina games like this. Last top prize claimed: July 12, 2025, 470 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $1,000,000 Triple Play, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. To set its odds of $1,000 or more (or any other prize size) against every other North Carolina game, see odds by prize size. Across all tiers, 732,346 of 1,914,271 prizes (38.3%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$1,000,000	1 in 1,469,394	1 in 757,712	5	1	4	80.0%
$50,000	1 in 1,469,394	1 in 1,515,425	5	3	2	40.0%
$5,000	1 in 367,349	1 in 378,856	20	12	8	40.0%
$1,000	1 in 39,080	1 in 44,571	188	120	68	36.2%
$500	1 in 3,001	1 in 3,444	2,448	1,568	880	35.9%
$200	1 in 2,002	1 in 2,324	3,670	2,366	1,304	35.5%
$100	1 in 60.0	1 in 70.5	122,422	79,425	42,997	35.1%
$50	1 in 41.9	1 in 47.1	175,383	110,993	64,390	36.7%
$40	1 in 80.0	1 in 89.9	91,813	58,117	33,696	36.7%
$20	1 in 9.37	1 in 10.1	783,697	484,280	299,417	38.2%
$10	1 in 10.0	1 in 10.5	734,620	445,040	289,580	39.4%
All prizes	1 in 3.84	1 in 4.14	1,914,271	1,181,925	732,346	38.3%

How $1,000,000 Triple Play has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $1,000,000 Triple Play. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

October 21, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 68 remain.
October 17, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 69 remain.
October 2, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 70 remain.
September 22, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 71 remain.
September 12, 2026: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 72 remain.
September 24, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 121 remain.
September 16, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 122 remain.
September 12, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 123 remain.
September 11, 2025: 2 $1,000 prizes were claimed; 124 remain.
September 6, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 14 remain.
September 4, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 126 remain.
August 29, 2025: one $5,000 prize was claimed; 15 remain.

Derived from day-to-day changes in the official remaining-prize counts, so the date is when the lottery published the change.

$1,000,000 Triple Play: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in $1,000,000 Triple Play?: 4 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 757,712.
What are the odds of winning anything on $1,000,000 Triple Play?: 1 in 4.14 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.84 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.14, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.85.
Is $1,000,000 Triple Play worth buying?: Its current payout is 74.8% ($7.48 back per $10 ticket), rank #25 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $10 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is $1,000,000 Bonus Match (#11, $10) at 92.4%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $1,000,000 Triple Play tickets are left?: We estimate 3,030,850 of roughly 7,346,200 printed tickets are unsold (58.7% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $1,000,000 Triple Play launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on June 3, 2025. It is still on sale.

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