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$2,000,000 Taxes Paid — $20 North Carolina Scratch-Off #58

Data captured September 9, 2026

$2,000,000 Taxes Paid (#58) is a $20 North Carolina scratch-off. As of September 9, 2026 it ranks #21 of 58 active games on current payout (75.4%, $15.08 expected back per ticket) and #6 of 11 $20 games, #18 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.77) and #32 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,512,726). Since launch the payout has risen 0.7 points (74.7% at launch) and the any-prize odds have improved 0.3% (1 in 3.78 at launch). 3 of 3 top prizes of $2,777,392 remain, and we estimate 4,538,179 tickets are still unsold (5.6% 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
75.4%
74.7% at launch
Expected value
$15.08
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.77
1 in 3.78 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.77
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.41
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 108,052
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
3 of 3
$2,777,392 each
Tickets remaining
94.4%
≈ 4,538,179 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $2,000,000 Taxes Paid, 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, 1,204,227 of 1,271,746 prizes (94.7%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$2,777,392 1 in 1,602,660 1 in 1,512,726 3 0 3 100.0%
$50,000 1 in 534,220 1 in 567,272 9 1 8 88.9%
$20,000 1 in 400,665 1 in 412,562 12 1 11 91.7%
$5,000 1 in 228,951 1 in 226,909 21 1 20 95.2%
$500 1 in 5,899 1 in 5,878 815 43 772 94.7%
$200 1 in 300.9 1 in 300.0 15,980 854 15,126 94.7%
$100 1 in 21.0 1 in 20.9 229,169 12,384 216,785 94.6%
$50 1 in 16.7 1 in 16.6 288,509 15,430 273,079 94.7%
$40 1 in 13.6 1 in 13.6 352,555 18,777 333,778 94.7%
$20 1 in 12.5 1 in 12.4 384,673 20,028 364,645 94.8%
All prizes1 in 3.781 in 3.77 1,271,74667,519 1,204,22794.7%

How $2,000,000 Taxes Paid has moved

73% 75% 77% Sep 2026Sep 2026Sep 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $2,000,000 Taxes Paid. 3 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

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

$2,000,000 Taxes Paid: common questions

How many $2,777,392 prizes are left in $2,000,000 Taxes Paid?
3 of 3 as of September 9, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,512,726.
What are the odds of winning anything on $2,000,000 Taxes Paid?
1 in 3.77 today, compared with 1 in 3.78 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.77, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.41.
Is $2,000,000 Taxes Paid worth buying?
Its current payout is 75.4% ($15.08 back per $20 ticket), rank #21 of 58 in North Carolina. The best $20 alternative today is Stacks of Cash (#27, $20) at 77.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $2,000,000 Taxes Paid tickets are left?
We estimate 4,538,179 of roughly 4,808,413 printed tickets are unsold (5.6% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $2,000,000 Taxes Paid launch and is it still on sale?
We first saw it on September 7, 2026. It is still on sale.

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