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Extreme Money Blowout — $20 North Carolina Scratch-Off #43

Data captured · launched May 5, 2026

Extreme Money Blowout (#43) is a $20 North Carolina scratch-off launched on May 5, 2026. As of October 25, 2026 it ranks #26 of 62 active games on current payout (74.6%, $14.92 expected back per ticket) and #7 of 11 $20 games, #61 on any-prize odds (1 in 9.98) and #4 on top-prize odds (1 in 782). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.4 points (75.0% at launch) and your chance of winning something has fallen 1.1% (1 in 9.88 at launch). 3089 of 6166 top prizes of $2,000 remain, and we estimate 2,414,936 tickets are still unsold (51.0% 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
74.6%
75.0% at launch
Expected value
$14.92
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 9.98
1 in 9.88 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 9.98
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 9.98
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 781.8
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
3,089 of 6,166
$2,000 each
Tickets remaining
49.0%
≈ 2,414,936 tickets

Last top prize claimed: October 24, 2026, yesterday.

Prizes remaining

Every prize level in Extreme Money Blowout, 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, 241,970 of 499,321 prizes (48.5%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$2,000 1 in 799.8 1 in 781.8 6,166 3,077 3,089 50.1%
$200 1 in 40.0 1 in 40.5 123,246 63,653 59,593 48.4%
$100 1 in 13.3 1 in 13.5 369,909 190,621 179,288 48.5%
All prizes1 in 9.881 in 9.98 499,321257,351 241,97048.5%

How Extreme Money Blowout has moved

73% 75% 76% Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Extreme Money Blowout. 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.

Extreme Money Blowout: common questions

How many $2,000 prizes are left in Extreme Money Blowout?
3089 of 6166 as of October 25, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 782.
What are the odds of winning anything on Extreme Money Blowout?
1 in 9.98 as of October 25, 2026, compared with 1 in 9.88 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 9.98, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 9.98.
Is Extreme Money Blowout worth buying?
Its current payout is 74.6% ($14.92 back per $20 ticket), rank #26 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 Extreme Money Blowout tickets are left?
We estimate 2,414,936 of roughly 4,930,887 printed tickets are unsold (51.0% sold), derived from the prizes claimed at each tier and their published odds.
When did Extreme Money Blowout launch and is it still on sale?
It launched on May 5, 2026. It is still on sale.

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