How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Emerald 10's?

2 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,072,947.

What are the odds of winning anything on Emerald 10's?

1 in 4.00 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.80 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.00, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.84.

Is Emerald 10's worth buying?

Its current payout is 73.3% ($7.33 back per $10 ticket), rank #31 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 Emerald 10's tickets are left?

We estimate 2,145,893 of roughly 7,360,763 printed tickets are unsold (70.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.

When did Emerald 10's launch and is it still on sale?

It launched on April 1, 2025. It is still on sale.

Emerald 10's — $10 North Carolina Scratch-Off #988

Data captured October 25, 2026, 04:09 UTC · launched April 1, 2025

Emerald 10's North Carolina scratch-off ticket

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Emerald 10's (#988) is a $10 North Carolina scratch-off launched on April 1, 2025. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #31 of 62 active games on current payout (73.3%, $7.33 expected back per ticket) and #9 of 13 $10 games, #29 on any-prize odds (1 in 4.00) and #25 on top-prize odds (1 in 1,072,947). Since launch the payout has fallen 1.9 points (75.1% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 5.0% (1 in 3.80 at launch). 2 of 5 top prizes of $1,000,000 remain, and we estimate 2,145,893 tickets are still unsold (70.9% 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

73.3%

75.1% at launch

Expected value

$7.33

per $10 ticket

Any-prize odds

1 in 4.00

1 in 3.80 at launch

Cash odds

1 in 4.00

excludes free tickets

Profit odds

1 in 6.84

win more than $10

$600+ odds

1 in 47,687

claim-at-lottery prizes

Top prizes left

2 of 5

$1,000,000 each

Tickets remaining

29.1%

≈ 2,145,893 tickets

Last top prize claimed: August 22, 2025, 429 days ago.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Emerald 10's, 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, 537,051 of 1,939,243 prizes (27.7%) are still out there.

Prize	Odds at launch	Odds now	Total	Claimed	Remaining	% left
$1,000,000	1 in 1,472,730	1 in 1,072,947	5	3	2	40.0%
$50,000	1 in 736,365	1 in 715,298	10	7	3	30.0%
$5,000	1 in 368,183	1 in 306,556	20	13	7	35.0%
$2,000	1 in 58,442	1 in 65,027	126	93	33	26.2%
$500	1 in 4,732	1 in 5,196	1,556	1,143	413	26.5%
$200	1 in 1,992	1 in 2,187	3,696	2,715	981	26.5%
$100	1 in 60.0	1 in 65.2	122,741	89,836	32,905	26.8%
$50	1 in 48.0	1 in 52.1	153,343	112,161	41,182	26.9%
$40	1 in 54.2	1 in 58.9	135,874	99,453	36,421	26.8%
$20	1 in 10.0	1 in 10.6	736,305	534,647	201,658	27.4%
$10	1 in 9.37	1 in 9.60	785,567	562,121	223,446	28.4%
All prizes	1 in 3.80	1 in 4.00	1,939,243	1,402,192	537,051	27.7%

How Emerald 10's has moved

Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Emerald 10's. 121 daily readings.

Recent claims of $1,000 and up

September 15, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 33 remain.
September 9, 2026: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 34 remain.
September 27, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 57 remain.
September 23, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 58 remain.
September 19, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 59 remain.
September 18, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 60 remain.
September 6, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 61 remain.
September 3, 2025: 2 $2,000 prizes were claimed; 62 remain.
August 30, 2025: one $50,000 prize was claimed; 5 remain.
August 28, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 64 remain.
August 22, 2025: one $1,000,000 prize was claimed; 2 remain.
August 20, 2025: one $2,000 prize was claimed; 65 remain.

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

Emerald 10's: common questions

How many $1,000,000 prizes are left in Emerald 10's?: 2 of 5 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 1,072,947.
What are the odds of winning anything on Emerald 10's?: 1 in 4.00 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 3.80 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 4.00, and the odds of winning more than the $10 ticket price are 1 in 6.84.
Is Emerald 10's worth buying?: Its current payout is 73.3% ($7.33 back per $10 ticket), rank #31 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 Emerald 10's tickets are left?: We estimate 2,145,893 of roughly 7,360,763 printed tickets are unsold (70.9% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Emerald 10's launch and is it still on sale?: It launched on April 1, 2025. It is still on sale.

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