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$2 MILLION VAULT — $20 North Carolina Scratch-Off #992

Data captured · launched May 6, 2025

$2 MILLION VAULT (#992) is a $20 North Carolina scratch-off launched on May 6, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #17 of 62 active games on current payout (77.4%, $15.48 expected back per ticket) and #3 of 11 $20 games, #11 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.41) and #28 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,191,796). Since launch the payout has risen 0.2 points (77.2% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 1.6% (1 in 3.35 at launch). 1 of 3 top prizes of $2,000,000 remain, and we estimate 1,191,796 tickets are still unsold (77.0% 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
77.4%
77.2% at launch
Expected value
$15.48
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.41
1 in 3.35 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.41
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 5.43
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 19,538
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
1 of 3
$2,000,000 each
Tickets remaining
23.0%
≈ 1,191,796 tickets

Last top prize claimed: August 26, 2025, 425 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $2 MILLION VAULT, 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, 349,704 of 1,547,143 prizes (22.6%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$2,000,000 1 in 1,729,430 1 in 1,191,796 3 2 1 33.3%
$100,000 1 in 864,715 1 in 1,191,796 6 5 1 16.7%
$10,000 1 in 216,179 1 in 238,359 24 19 5 20.8%
$5,000 1 in 58,958 1 in 51,817 88 65 23 26.1%
$2,000 1 in 39,010 1 in 38,445 133 102 31 23.3%
$500 1 in 1,601 1 in 1,732 3,241 2,553 688 21.2%
$200 1 in 170.3 1 in 178.8 30,469 23,803 6,666 21.9%
$100 1 in 20.0 1 in 21.2 259,364 203,064 56,300 21.7%
$50 1 in 20.0 1 in 20.6 259,419 201,589 57,830 22.3%
$40 1 in 30.0 1 in 31.1 172,970 134,660 38,310 22.1%
$30 1 in 20.0 1 in 20.0 259,374 199,902 59,472 22.9%
$20 1 in 9.23 1 in 9.14 562,052 431,675 130,377 23.2%
All prizes1 in 3.351 in 3.41 1,547,1431,197,439 349,70422.6%

How $2 MILLION VAULT has moved

73% 77% 80% May 2025Aug 2025Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $2 MILLION VAULT. 121 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 MILLION VAULT: common questions

How many $2,000,000 prizes are left in $2 MILLION VAULT?
1 of 3 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,191,796.
What are the odds of winning anything on $2 MILLION VAULT?
1 in 3.41 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.35 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.41, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 5.43.
Is $2 MILLION VAULT worth buying?
Its current payout is 77.4% ($15.48 back per $20 ticket), rank #17 of 62 in North Carolina. The best $20 alternative as of October 25, 2026 is Ruby Red 7's (#8, $20) at 78.1%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $2 MILLION VAULT tickets are left?
We estimate 1,191,796 of roughly 5,187,740 printed tickets are unsold (77.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $2 MILLION VAULT launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on May 6, 2025. It is still on sale.

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