Bits & Odds

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

Data captured September 9, 2026

Extreme Money Blowout (#43) is a $20 North Carolina scratch-off. As of September 9, 2026 it ranks #25 of 58 active games on current payout (74.6%, $14.93 expected back per ticket) and #7 of 11 $20 games, #58 on any-prize odds (1 in 9.97) and #4 on top-prize odds (1 in 784). Since launch the payout has fallen 0.4 points (75.0% at launch) and the any-prize odds have worsened 1.0% (1 in 9.88 at launch). 3560 of 6166 top prizes of $2,000 remain, and we estimate 2,789,433 tickets are still unsold (43.4% 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
74.6%
75.0% at launch
Expected value
$14.93
per $20 ticket
Any-prize odds
1 in 9.97
1 in 9.88 at launch
Cash odds
1 in 9.97
excludes free tickets
Profit odds
1 in 9.97
win more than $20
$600+ odds
1 in 783.5
claim-at-lottery prizes
Top prizes left
3,560 of 6,166
$2,000 each
Tickets remaining
56.6%
≈ 2,789,433 tickets

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. Across all tiers, 279,758 of 499,321 prizes (56.0%) are still out there.

PrizeOdds at launchOdds now TotalClaimedRemaining% left
$2,000 1 in 799.8 1 in 783.5 6,166 2,606 3,560 57.7%
$200 1 in 40.0 1 in 40.5 123,246 54,307 68,939 55.9%
$100 1 in 13.3 1 in 13.5 369,909 162,650 207,259 56.0%
All prizes1 in 9.881 in 9.97 499,321219,563 279,75856.0%

How Extreme Money Blowout has moved

73% 75% 76% Sep 2026Sep 2026Sep 2026
Current payout (solid) and any-prize odds (dashed, inverted so up is better) since we began tracking Extreme Money Blowout. 3 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?
3560 of 6166 as of September 9, 2026. The chance that a ticket bought today is a top-prize winner is about 1 in 784.
What are the odds of winning anything on Extreme Money Blowout?
1 in 9.97 today, compared with 1 in 9.88 printed at launch. Cash-only odds are 1 in 9.97, and the odds of winning more than the $20 ticket price are 1 in 9.97.
Is Extreme Money Blowout worth buying?
Its current payout is 74.6% ($14.93 back per $20 ticket), rank #25 of 58 in North Carolina. The best $20 alternative today is Stacks of Cash (#27, $20) at 77.9%. No scratcher has a positive expected value; this is about losing less over time.
How many Extreme Money Blowout tickets are left?
We estimate 2,789,433 of roughly 4,930,887 printed tickets are unsold (43.4% 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?
We first saw it on September 7, 2026. It is still on sale.

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