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50X The Cash — $10 North Carolina Scratch-Off #31

Data captured · launched January 30, 2026

50X The Cash (#31) is a $10 North Carolina scratch-off launched on January 30, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #24 of 62 active games on current payout (75.0%, $7.50 expected back per ticket) and #5 of 13 $10 games, #22 on any-prize odds (1 in 3.82) and #41 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,490,959). Since launch the payout has risen 0.2 points (74.8% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 0.5% (1 in 3.79 at launch). 10 of 12 top prizes of $1,000,000 remain, and we estimate 14,909,589 tickets are still unsold (27.4% 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
75.0%
74.8% at launch
Expected value
$7.50
per $10 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 3.82
1 in 3.79 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 3.82
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 6.18
win more than $10
$600+ odds
1 in 129,649
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
10 of 12
$1,000,000 each
Tickets remaining
72.6%
≈ 14,909,589 tickets

Lots sold, few top prizes claimed. 27% sold, only 2 of 12 top prizes claimed: better jackpot odds than on launch day (1 in 1.5 million, was 1 in 1.7 million). More North Carolina games like this.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in 50X The Cash, 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, 3,907,947 of 5,414,892 prizes (72.2%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$1,000,000 1 in 1,712,025 1 in 1,490,959 12 2 10 83.3%
$25,000 1 in 466,916 1 in 465,925 44 12 32 72.7%
$5,000 1 in 395,083 1 in 402,962 52 15 37 71.2%
$2,500 1 in 395,083 1 in 414,155 52 16 36 69.2%
$500 1 in 1,621 1 in 1,643 12,671 3,598 9,073 71.6%
$300 1 in 10,779 1 in 10,955 1,906 545 1,361 71.4%
$200 1 in 3,001 1 in 3,044 6,845 1,947 4,898 71.6%
$100 1 in 79.9 1 in 80.9 257,036 72,832 184,204 71.7%
$50 1 in 30.0 1 in 30.4 684,810 193,650 491,160 71.7%
$30 1 in 60.0 1 in 60.6 342,405 96,370 246,035 71.9%
$20 1 in 10.0 1 in 10.1 2,054,231 577,423 1,476,808 71.9%
$10 1 in 10.0 1 in 9.98 2,054,828 560,535 1,494,293 72.7%
All prizes1 in 3.791 in 3.82 5,414,8921,506,945 3,907,94772.2%

How 50X The Cash has moved

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Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking 50X The Cash. 49 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.

50X The Cash: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in 50X The Cash?
10 of 12 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,490,959.
What are the odds of winning anything on 50X The Cash?
1 in 3.82 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.79 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 3.82, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.18.
Is 50X The Cash worth buying?
Its current payout is 75.0% ($7.50 back per $10 ticket), rank #24 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 50X The Cash tickets are left?
We estimate 14,909,589 of roughly 20,548,280 printed tickets are unsold (27.4% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did 50X The Cash launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on January 30, 2026. It is still on sale.

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