How many $25,000 prizes are left in $25,000 Triple Play?

1 of 4 as of September 9, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,168,207.

What are the odds of winning anything on $25,000 Triple Play?

1 in 4.82 today, compared with 1 in 4.59 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.82, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 8.94.

Is $25,000 Triple Play worth buying?

Its current payout is 49.6% ($0.99 back per $2 ticket), rank #— of 58 in North Carolina. The best $2 alternative today is Jr Big Ol Bucks (#44, $2) at 70.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.

How many $25,000 Triple Play tickets are left?

We estimate 1,168,207 of roughly 6,842,839 printed tickets are unsold (82.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did $25,000 Triple Play launch and is it still on sale?

We first saw it on June 3, 2025. Sales have ended; prizes can be claimed until December 3, 2026.

$25,000 Triple Play — $2 North Carolina Scratch-Off #994

Data captured September 9, 2026 · no longer on sale, claim by December 3, 2026

$25,000 Triple Play North Carolina scratch-off ticket

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$25,000 Triple Play (#994) is a $2 North Carolina scratch-off. As of September 9, 2026 it ranks #— of 58 active games on current payout (49.6%, $0.99 expected back per ticket) and #— of 7 $2 games, #— on any-prize odds (1 in 4.82) and #— on top-prize odds (1 in 1,168,207). Since launch the payout has fallen 16.7 points (66.3% at launch) and the any-prize odds have worsened 4.9% (1 in 4.59 at launch). 1 of 4 top prizes of $25,000 remain, and we estimate 1,168,207 tickets are still unsold (82.9% sold). $25,000 Triple Play is no longer on sale in North Carolina; the figures below are final as of September 9, 2026 and prizes can be claimed until December 3, 2026.

Current payout

49.6%

66.3% at launch

Expected value

$0.99

per $2 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.82

1 in 4.59 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.82

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 8.94

win more than $2

$600+ odds

1 in 106,201

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

1 of 4

$25,000 each

Tickets remaining

17.1%

≈ 1,168,207 tickets

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in $25,000 Triple Play, with the odds printed at launch, the odds today given what is left, and how much of each tier is still unclaimed. Across all tiers, 242,597 of 1,490,009 prizes (16.3%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$25,000	1 in 1,710,638	1 in 1,168,207	4	3	1	25.0%
$3,000	1 in 855,319	1 in 389,402	8	5	3	37.5%
$1,000	1 in 235,950	1 in 166,887	29	22	7	24.1%
$500	1 in 46,867	1 in 40,283	146	117	29	19.9%
$100	1 in 4,395	1 in 11,682	1,557	1,457	100	6.4%
$50	1 in 2,997	1 in 8,285	2,283	2,142	141	6.2%
$40	1 in 1,989	1 in 2,389	3,441	2,952	489	14.2%
$20	1 in 37.5	1 in 79.0	182,468	167,689	14,779	8.1%
$10	1 in 60.0	1 in 97.7	114,027	102,075	11,952	10.5%
$5	1 in 75.0	1 in 77.3	91,265	76,161	15,104	16.5%
$4	1 in 13.6	1 in 13.3	501,814	413,754	88,060	17.5%
$2	1 in 11.5	1 in 10.4	592,967	481,035	111,932	18.9%
All prizes	1 in 4.59	1 in 4.82	1,490,009	1,247,412	242,597	16.3%

How $25,000 Triple Play has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking $25,000 Triple Play. 115 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 20, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 15 remain.
August 30, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 16 remain.
August 23, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 17 remain.
August 19, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 18 remain.
August 16, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 19 remain.
August 14, 2025: one $3,000 prize was claimed; 6 remain.
August 5, 2025: one $25,000 prize was claimed; 2 remain.
July 29, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 20 remain.
July 24, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 21 remain.
June 28, 2025: one $25,000 prize was claimed; 3 remain.
June 28, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 22 remain.
June 20, 2025: one $1,000 prize was claimed; 23 remain.

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

$25,000 Triple Play: common questions

How many $25,000 prizes are left in $25,000 Triple Play?: 1 of 4 as of September 9, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,168,207.
What are the odds of winning anything on $25,000 Triple Play?: 1 in 4.82 today, compared with 1 in 4.59 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.82, and the odds of winning more than the $2 ticket price are 1 in 8.94.
Is $25,000 Triple Play worth buying?: Its current payout is 49.6% ($0.99 back per $2 ticket), rank #— of 58 in North Carolina. The best $2 alternative today is Jr Big Ol Bucks (#44, $2) at 70.0%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many $25,000 Triple Play tickets are left?: We estimate 1,168,207 of roughly 6,842,839 printed tickets are unsold (82.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did $25,000 Triple Play launch and is it still on sale?: We first saw it on June 3, 2025. Sales have ended; prizes can be claimed until December 3, 2026.

Other $2 North Carolina scratch-offs

Jr Big Ol Bucks — 70.0% payout, 1 in 4.37 any prize
Easy $100s — 67.5% payout, 1 in 4.47 any prize
10X The Cash — 66.7% payout, 1 in 4.61 any prize
$20,000 Taxes Paid — 66.4% payout, 1 in 4.49 any prize
Corner Payout — 65.8% payout, 1 in 4.50 any prize

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